Definition of Ocular

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or resembling the eye. "An ocular spot is a pigmented organ or part believed to be sensitive to light"

Exact synonyms: Opthalmic, Optic, Optical
Partainyms: Eye, Eye, Eye, Eye

2. Noun. Combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments.
Exact synonyms: Eyepiece
Group relationships: Binoculars, Field Glasses, Opera Glasses, Light Microscope, Optical Telescope, Sights
Generic synonyms: Lens, Lens System, Lense
Terms within: Graticule, Reticle, Reticule

3. Adjective. Relating to or using sight. "Visual navigation"
Exact synonyms: Optic, Optical, Visual
Partainyms: Sight, Sight, Sight, Sight
Derivative terms: Optic

4. Adjective. Visible. "A visual image"
Exact synonyms: Visual
Similar to: Seeable, Visible

Definition of Ocular

1. a. Depending on, or perceived by, the eye; received by actual sight; personally seeing or having seen; as, ocular proof.

2. n. The eyepiece of an optical instrument, as of a telescope or microscope.

Definition of Ocular

1. Adjective. Of, or relating to the eye, or the sense of sight ¹

2. Adjective. Resembling the eye ¹

3. Adjective. Seen by the eye; visual ¹

4. Noun. The eyepiece of a microscope or other optical instrument ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ocular

1. an eyepiece [n -S] - See also: eyepiece

Medical Definition of Ocular

1. 1. Of, pertaining to or affecting the eye. 2. Eyepiece. Origin: L. Ocularis, from oculus = eye This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ocular

octyl
octyl gallate
octyl glucoside
octylamine
octylamines
octylene
octylenes
octylglucoside
octylglucosides
octylic
octylisothiazolinone
octylphenoxy polyethoxyethanol
octyls
octyne
octynes
ocular (current term)
ocular albinism
ocular bobbing
ocular cone
ocular crisis
ocular dysmetria
ocular flutter
ocular humor
ocular hypertelorism
ocular hypertension
ocular hypotension
ocular larva migrans
ocular lens
ocular lymphomatosis

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