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An optical instrument for giving to pictures the appearance of solid forms, as seen in nature. It combines in one, through a bending of the rays of light, two pictures, taken for the purpose from points of view a little way apart. It is furnished with two eyeglasses, and by refraction or reflection the pictures are sup…

A stereoscope adapted to view distant natural objects or landscapes; a telescopic stereoscope.

are viewed through a large lens with stereoptical effects. It is often combined with the stereoscope.

objects with their proper relief reversed; -- an effect opposite to that produced by the stereoscope. Wheatstone.

Any picture, or pair of pictures, prepared for exhibition in the stereoscope. Stereographs are now commonly made by means of photography.

Of or pertaining to the stereoscope; characteristic of, or adapted to, the stereoscope; as, a stereoscopic effect; the stereoscopic function of the eyeglasses; stereoscopic views. -- Ste`re*o*scop"ic*al*ly, adv.

One skilled in the use or construction of stereoscopes.

The art or science of using the stereoscope, or of constructing the instrument or the views used with it.