stereoscopy

noun

three-dimensional vision produced by the fusion of two slightly different views of a scene on each retina

Roots

stereosstereo- · Greek · solid, three-dimensional skopeinscop- · Greek · to look at, view ia-y · Greek · forming abstract nouns

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Where does stereoscopy come from?

The word stereoscopy breaks down into 3 roots of Greek origin: stereo-, from Greek stereos (“solid, three-dimensional”); scop, from Greek skopein (“to look at, view”); and -y, from Greek ia (“forming abstract nouns”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.