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  2. Monocle - Wikipedia

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    A monocle is a type of corrective lens used to correct or enhance the visual perception in only one eye. It consists of a circular lens placed in front of the eye and held in place by the eye socket itself.

  3. Monocular vision - Wikipedia

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    Peripheral vision – At the outer extremes of the visual field, parallel lines become curved, as in a photo taken through a fish-eye lens. This effect, although usually eliminated from both art and photos by the cropping or framing of a picture, greatly enhances the viewer's sense of being positioned within a real, three-dimensional space ...

  4. Monocular - Wikipedia

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    Galilean type Soviet-made miniature 2.5 × 17.5 monocular Diagram of a monocular using a Schmidt-Pechan prism: 1 – Objective lens 2 – Schmidt-Pechan prism 3 – Eyepiece. A monocular is a compact refracting telescope used to magnify images of distant objects, typically using an optical prism to ensure an erect image, instead of using relay lenses like most telescopic sights.

  5. Optics and vision - Wikipedia

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    Vision of humans and other organisms depends on several organs such as the lens of the eye, and any vision correcting devices, which use optics to focus the image. The eyes of many animals contains a lens that focuses the light of its surroundings onto the retina of the eye. This lens is essential to producing clear images within the eye.

  6. Depth perception - Wikipedia

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    Accommodation is an oculomotor cue for depth perception. When humans try to focus on distant objects, the ciliary muscles relax, allowing the eye lens to become thinner, which increases the focal length. Depth perception of distant objects is made possible by other methods besides accommodation.

  7. Glasses - Wikipedia

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    Man with glasses. A woman with glasses. Glasses, also known as eyeglasses or spectacles, are vision eyewear with clear or tinted lenses mounted in a frame that holds them in front of a person's eyes, typically utilizing a bridge over the nose and hinged arms, known as temples or temple pieces, that rest over the ears for support.

  8. When Publishers Become Brands: How Monocle Magazine ... - AOL

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    Monocle. At over 200 pages with the most beautiful print value I’d ever seen in a magazine, my God was she cool. Her name? Monocle. Skip to main content. Subscriptions; Animals. Business ...

  9. Monocle (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    A monocle is a corrective lens used to correct the vision in only one eye. Monocle may also refer to: Monocle (satirical magazine), American satirical magazine, published irregularly from the late 1950s until the mid-1960s; Monocle a news/lifestyle magazine, published since 2007, and media brand; Monocle Radio, radio station for Monocle magazine