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stereopsis

noun/ˌstɛrɪˈɒpsɪs/

C2CEFR level
85/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

The perception of depth that arises when the brain combines the slightly different images from each eye.

I tested stereopsis using a booklet of three-dimensional patterns.

Topic: Optometry in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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