What does monocular mean?
Monocular means Having one eye..
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/məˈnɑkjələɹ/ · adjective
Having one eye..
...one of his sparks alighted upon my eye and destroyed it making me a monocular ape;
You are not such a foolish woman as to like to be seen with Fred Mostyn, that little monocular snob, after the aristocratic, handsome Basil Stanhope.
The moony monocular set in his eye / Appeared to be scanning the Sweet Bye-and-Bye.
Monoculars are designed to fit discreetly in the hand, improving their cosmetic appearance. Most monoculars sold today have one primary optical difference from binoculars: the ability to focus at close range. These are known as short-focus telescopes.
Use monocular when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Monocular means Having one eye..
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...one of his sparks alighted upon my eye and destroyed it making me a monocular ape;
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