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Definitions: Ocular |
OcularAdjective1. Of or relating to or resembling the eye; "ocular muscles"; "an ocular organ"; "ocular diseases"; "the optic (or optical) axis of the eye"; "an ocular spot is a pigmented organ or part believed to be sensitive to light". 2. Relating to or using sight; "ocular inspection"; "an optical illusion"; "visual powers"; "visual navigation". 3. Able to be seen; "be sure of it; give me the ocular proof"- Shakespeare; "a visual presentation"; "a visual image". Noun1. Combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "ocular" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
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Aerospace | Pertaining to or in relation with the eye. (references) |
Health | 1. of, pertaining to, or affecting the eye. 2. eyepiece. (references) |
Medicine | That part of the eye-protecteur through which the wearer sees. Source: European Union. (references) |
Physics | Optical system(placed near the eyes)through which a magnified image is observed ; in an optical instrument the lens or lens system to which the observer applies his eye when using the instrument. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: OcularSynonyms: opthalmic (adj), optic (adj), optical (adj), visual (adj), eyepiece (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: eye-piece (physics). |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Note the ocular seta in front of the eye, a V-shaped ridge on the mesopleuron, and a spermatheca which has a round unpigmented basal portion.Credit: CDC. | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Kazacos KR. Visceral and ocular larva migrans. (references) | |
Glaucoma, glaucoma suspect, or ocular hypertension. (references) | ||
An estimated 400,000 Americans have had some form of ocular herpes. (references) | ||
Trade | Philippines | The establishment of import protocols is usually a lengthy process as it involves pest and pesticide risk analysis, including ocular inspection of potential source of products by BPI personnel. (references) |
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| "Ocular" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Ocular" is used about 44 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 44 | 51,500 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Ocular Sciences Inc |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "ocular": Ocular abnormalities ♦ ocular angle ♦ ocular crisis ♦ ocular demonstration ♦ ocular dominance ♦ ocular fundus ♦ Ocular Hypertension ♦ Ocular Hypotension ♦ ocular migraine ♦ Ocular Motility Disorders ♦ ocular muscle ♦ Ocular Physiology ♦ ocular proof ♦ ocular spectra ♦ ocular spectrum ♦ ocular witness ♦ secondary ocular vesicle ♦ tabetic ocular crises ♦ toughened mineral ocular. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "ocular": extra-ocular, intra-ocular, non-ocular, vestibulo-ocular. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
ocular science | 481 | migrane ocular | 12 |
ocular nutrition | 251 | column dominance ocular | 12 |
ocular migraine | 185 | ocular science inc | 12 |
ocular | 74 | ocular prosthesis | 12 |
ocular rosacea | 56 | ocular science contact lens | 11 |
ocular migraines | 33 | allergy ocular | 11 |
ocular albinism | 33 | toxoplasmosis ocular | 10 |
ocular herpes | 28 | ocular trauma | 9 |
ocular melanoma | 24 | health high nutrition ocular | 8 |
globo ocular | 20 | intra lens ocular | 8 |
cause of ocular migraine | 20 | ocular traumatismo | 8 |
ocular histoplasmosis | 20 | ocular myasthenia | 7 |
migraine ocular stroke | 19 | ocular vitamin | 7 |
harvey nutrition ocular paul | 19 | ocular toxoplasmose | 7 |
ocular hypertension | 16 | ocular disease | 7 |
floaters nutrition ocular | 14 | intra lente ocular | 6 |
ocular myasthenia gravis | 14 | degeneration ocular | 6 |
anatomia ocular | 13 | ocular prosthetist | 5 |
ocular health | 13 | ocular instrument | 5 |
news ocular surgery | 13 | apraxia motor ocular | 5 |
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| Language | Translations for "ocular"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | syze (barnacle, eyeglass, eyeglasses, eyepiece, glass, glasses, goggles, lens, specs, spectacles), në trajtë syri, i syrit (ophthalmic, optic, orbital). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | عيني ذو علاقة بالعين, عياني مبني على مرئي بالعين, العينية عدسة المجهر (eyepiece), بصري (optic, optical, visual). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | очен (eye, optic), окуляр (eyepiece, glass), зрителен (optic, optical, visional, visionary, visual). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 视觉 (Optic, Vision, Visual). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | okulár (eyepiece), oèní (ophthalmic, optic, optical), zrakový (optic, optical, visional, visual), vizuální (visual). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | okular (eye-related). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | oculair (eyepiece, eye-piece). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | فطری (Inborn, Indigenous, Ingrown, Innate, Natural), چشمی (Optic), وابسته به دیدچشم , بصری (Optic, Visual), باصره ای . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | okulaarinen, okulaari (eye-piece), oftalminen, silmä-, linssi (lens). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | oculaire. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | okular (eyepiece), unmittelbar (actual, direct, directly, immediate, immediately, instant, instantaneous, instantaneously, intuitive, right away, straight), augen- (ophthalmic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | προστατευτικό γυαλί, προσοφθάλμιος φακός μιρκοσκοπίου (eyepiece, eye-piece), προσοφθάλμιος φακός (eyepiece, eye-piece), προσοφθάλμιος (eyepiece, eye-piece), προσοφθάλμιο (eyepiece, eye-piece), οφθαλμικόσ (ophthalmic), οφθαλμικός (eyepiece, eye-piece, ophthalmic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | של העינים (ophthalmic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szemmel látható (evident, manifest, noticeable), szemlencse (crystalline, crystalline lens, eye-glass, eyepiece), szem (bud, burgeon, eye, grain, mesh, offset, ophthalmic, optic, peeper, scale), látható (apparent, conspicuous, discernible, in evidence, to show up, visible). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | oculare (eye, eyes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 눈 (Eye, eyes, Optic, snow, snowy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | sooillagh (eyed, eyelike). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ocularay ocular (finder, oculist). (various references) ocular (eye, eye-glass, eyepiece, optic, optical). (various references) глазной (euglenic, ophthalmic, optic, optical). (various references) okularni, okular (eyeglass, eyepiece), očni (ophthalmic, optic, optical). (various references) ocular (eyeglass). (various references) okular (eyepiece). (various references) เกี่ยวกับสายตา (optic, optical, optically). (various references) oküler (eyepiece), kesin (absolute, accurate, assertive, categorical, certain, cheese it, clean-cut, clear-cut, conclusive, decided, decisive, declared, definite, definitive, determined, dogmatic, downright, exact, express, extreme, final, firm, flat, frozen, implicit, indisputable, indubitable, irreversible, irrevocable, mathematical, outright, peremptory, point blank, pointed, precise, pronounced, rigid, rigorous, round, safe, scientific, specific, spot-on, Square, stark, sure, sure as death, unambiguous, uncompromising, undoubted, unquestionable, unquestioned, unquestioning, utter), gözle görülür (observable, visible), göze ait, göz (blinker, cell, compartment, Cubby, cubbyhole, cubicle, cuddy, drawer, eye, eyehole, glim, ophthalmic, optic, optical, opto-, orb, orbit, orbital, peeper, sight). (various references) очний (ophthalmic, optic, orbital), окулярний, окуляр оптичного інструмента, око (eye, oculus, optic, orb, winker), наочний (apparent, demonstrable, demonstrative, descriptive, ostensive, visual). (various references) bằng mắt; đập vào mắt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | ocularis, oculus. (various references) |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | ocularis. (various references) |
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Words beginning with "ocular": ocularist, ocularists, ocularly, oculars. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "ocular": binocular, intraocular, jocular, locular, monocular, trinocular, unilocular. (additional references) | |
Words containing "ocular": binocularities, binocularity, binocularly, binoculars, intraocularly, jocularities, jocularity, jocularly, monocularly, monoculars. (additional references) | |
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"Ocular" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Auclair, Coupar, focolare, Korcula, nocular, occular, ocear, ocellar, oclar, ocler, ocula, Oculi, oculor, Okudaira, Okullu, oncular, oscular, Ossola, rotular. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-l-o-r-u" | |
-1 letter: carol, claro, clour, coral. | |
-2 letters: arco, calo, carl, caul, coal, cola, curl, loca, lour, oral, orca. | |
-3 letters: arc, car, col, cor, cur, lac, lar, oar, oca, ora, orc, our, roc. | |
-4 letters: al, ar, la, lo, or. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-l-o-r-u" | |
+1 letter: carolus, clamour, copular, cornual, courlan, jocular, locular, oculars, oscular. | |
+2 letters: calutron, carousal, carousel, cauldron, clamours, clangour, columnar, consular, courlans, crunodal, ocularly, opercula, oracular, outcrawl, procural, scrofula, vacuolar. | |
+3 letters: auctorial, binocular, calutrons, caroluses, carousals, carousels, carrousel, cauldrons, clamorous, clamoured, clangours, corbicula, crapulous, cursorial, dicumarol, formulaic, fumarolic, housecarl, involucra, jocularly, larcenous, molecular, monocular, nocturnal, nucleator, nucleolar, ocularist, opercular, orbicular, ossicular, outcrawls, peculator, plutocrat, portulaca, procurals, raucously, scrofulas, suctorial, truckload, ultracold, ultracool, urceolate, vocabular. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 63 75 6C 61 72 |
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