a. [f. prec. + -IC.] Of, pertaining to, or adapted to the stereoscope; having an appearance of solidity or relief like an object viewed in a stereoscope.

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1855.  Jrnl. Franklin Inst., Feb., 143. A stereoscopic locket,… so arranged that the two pictures, with the appropriate lenses, are contained in a medallion of ordinary size.

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1859.  All Year Round, 19 Nov., 79/1. Those stereoscopic slides which look so curiously like life.

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1862.  Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit., II. No. 2958, Stereotrope or stereoscopic thaumatrope.

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1879.  H. Grubb, in Proc. Royal Dubl. Soc., 182. This arrangement … causes the images to coalesce, and produces the stereoscopic effect.

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  fig.  1909.  G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy, ii. 47. His spiritual sight is stereoscopic like his physical sight.

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