Etymology

horopter

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Today it means: For any system of binocular vision, a three-dimensional curve containing all points from which the light will converge into a single image. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ὅρος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὅρος“boundary”
  2. English todayhoropter

* From Ancient Greek ὅρος (hóros, “boundary”) + ὀπτήρ (optḗr, “observer”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekὅρος all →

horoshorosphere

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