ocular

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   relating to the eye or eyesight

   The medication can cause temporary ocular irritation.

2. 2
   adj

   based on direct visual observation

   The investigator demanded ocular proof rather than hearsay.

3. 3
   noun

   the eyepiece or viewing lens of an optical instrument

   She adjusted the microscope's ocular until the specimen came into focus.

From Latin ocularis ("of the eye"), from oculus ("eye"). The noun arose by shortening ocular lens and names the lens closest to the observer's eye.

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