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Definition of Saccades
1. saccade [n] - See also: saccade
Medical Definition of Saccades
1. An abrupt voluntary shift in ocular fixation from one point to another, as occurs in reading. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Saccades
Literary usage of Saccades
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The royal phraseological English-French, French-English dictionary by John Charles Tarver (1853)
"N'aller, n'avancer que par saccades, to move only by starts. ... que pur saccades,
that ship does not sail ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1870)
"... expresses it especially in regard to what he regards as auricular : the motion
takes place "mollement, sans brusquerie;" "ondulant, sans saccades. ..."
3. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1838)
"... upon the occasion of one or more of these saccades to which Sir Francis
attributes so much of the freedom of London,—described as arrayed with crested ..."
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