mon·oc·u·lar
mä-ˈnä-kyə-lər 
mə-
1
: of, involving, or affecting a single eye
2
: suitable for use with only one eye
monocularly
adverb
: a monocular device
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New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2024
There was a small table that held their radios and a night-vision monocular.
—Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Thomas Gibbons-Neff, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2024
Ultimately, the fund went toward supplying musician-soldiers with drones, tourniquets, combat clothing, helmets, night-vision goggles, walkie-talkies, and monoculars.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2023
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Adjective
The latest handheld night-vision monocular from Duovox sports a 60% larger sensor than the Ultra before it.
—New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2024
There was a small table that held their radios and a night-vision monocular.
—Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Noun
Range fingers are specialized binoculars or monoculars.
—Thomas Gibbons-Neff, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2024
Ultimately, the fund went toward supplying musician-soldiers with drones, tourniquets, combat clothing, helmets, night-vision goggles, walkie-talkies, and monoculars.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2023
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“Monocular.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monocular. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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monocular
adjective
mon·oc·u·lar
mä-ˈnäk-yə-lər, mə-
1
: of, involving, or affecting a single eye
monocular vision
2
: suitable for use with only one eye
a monocular microscope
monocularly
adverb
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