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Definition of Opera glasses
1. Noun. An optical instrument designed for simultaneous use by both eyes.
Terms within: Eyepiece, Ocular
Generic synonyms: Optical Instrument
Language type: Plural, Plural Form
Definition of Opera glasses
1. Noun. (plural of opera glass) ¹
2. Noun. One or more pairs of small low-powered binoculars for use at a theatrical performance ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Opera Glasses
Literary usage of Opera glasses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Treatise on Optics by David Brewster, Alexander Dallas Bache (1854)
"Achromatic opera glasses with Single Lenses. (217.) M. d'Alembert has long ago
shown that ... Even now, the principle can be applied only to opera glasses. ..."
2. The Theory of Optical Instruments by Edmund Taylor Whittaker (1907)
"Field, Marine, and opera glasses. The visual astronomical telescope cannot be
applied to terrestrial uses without modification, since the image which is ..."
3. The Theory of Optical Instruments by Edmund Taylor Whittaker (1907)
"Field, Marine, and opera glasses. The visual astronomical telescope cannot be
applied to terrestrial uses without modification, since the image which is ..."
4. Aluminium: Its History, Occurrence, Properties, Metallurgy and Applications by Joseph William Richards (1890)
"For instance, for mountings of opera glasses, marine and field glasses, sextants,
surveyors' instruments, portable electric instruments, ..."
5. Narrative of an Explorer in Tropical South Africa: Being an Account of a by Francis Galton (1889)
"... for Sport—Night-Watching for Game— Rhinoceros Veal—opera glasses—Herd of
Elephants—Fights and Frolics—Bulk of the Rhinoceros—A Picturesque Finale—Spring ..."
6. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"The cheapest opera-glasses consist of single lenses; those of the better class
... In the finest class of opera-glasses, which are called field-glasses, ..."
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