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Ocular

//ˈɑ.kjə.lɚ// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, or relating to the eye, or the sense of sight

    "The medication may have adverse ocular side effects."

  2. 2
    Resembling the eye.

    "ocular markings on the wings of a butterfly"

  3. 3
    Seen by, or seeing with, the eye; visual.

    "Villain, be sure thou prove my love a whore, Be sure of it; give me the ocular proof: Or by the worth of man’s eternal soul, Thou hadst been better have been born a dog Than answer my waked wrath!"

Adjective
  1. 1
    visible wordnet
  2. 2
    relating to or using sight wordnet
  3. 3
    of or relating to or resembling the eye wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The eyepiece of a microscope or other optical instrument, i.e., the optical element closest to the eye.
  2. 2
    combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments wordnet
  3. 3
    Any of the scales forming the margin of a reptile's eye.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Derived from the Latin oculāris (“of the eye”), from oculus (“eye”).

Etymology 2

Derived from the Latin oculāris (“of the eye”), from oculus (“eye”).

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