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- Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
- Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
- Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
- Englishmicro-
- Frenchsaccade
- Englishsaccade
- English todaymicrosaccade
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
microsaccade
Today it means: A small, jerky eye movement that is a part of normal vision when fixating on an image, which seems to play a role in visual perception. Full definition →
English saccade ← French saccade ← Ancient Greek μῑκρο- (mīkro-)