Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Two stereoscopic pictures or one picture with two superposed stereoscopic images, designed to give a three-dimensional effect when viewed through a stereoscope or special glasses.
- transitive verb To make a stereographic picture of.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
stereogram . - noun A machine for making the embossed or raised points used in New York point-printing for the blind upon sheet-metal plates, the plates being designed for use in an embossing-press for transferring the points (characters, letters, etc.) to paper. It is an adaptation of the kaleidograph and differs from it in employing a fly-wheel, operated by a foot-pedal or other power, to operate the embossing mechanism, the selection of the points and their position being controlled by the operator by means of the keyboard. See
kleidograph andpoint-printing . - noun In craniometry, an instrument for drawing orthogonal projections of skulls.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Any picture, or pair of pictures, prepared for exhibition in the stereoscope. Stereographs are now commonly made by means of photography.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A pair of
stereoscopic images that give athree-dimensional effect when viewed through astereoscope or similar device; astereogram
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Examples
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The stereograph is a development from the kleidograph, designed to emboss both sides of zinc or brass plates ready for use in printing.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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Even more sensational was the image known as a stereograph, or stereo view, which was a photograph viewed in 3-D through a stereoscope, or stereo viewer-another 1830s invention.
Gizmodo Bob Zeller 2010
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The shared content links to the library's page for the original stereograph, completing the cycle back at the source.
The New York Public Library: New Perspectives on Old Perspectives: How an Art Project Helped the NYPL Put Its 3D Stereograph Collection in Your Hands The New York Public Library 2012
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Consider Reaching for the Out of Reach #11, an animated stereograph of a young boy on a warship during the American Civil War.
The New York Public Library: New Perspectives on Old Perspectives: How an Art Project Helped the NYPL Put Its 3D Stereograph Collection in Your Hands The New York Public Library 2012
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When I realized how the effect was working, I set about discovering if I could capture the same illusion by layering both sides of an old stereograph in Photoshop and displaying the result as an animated gif.
The New York Public Library: New Perspectives on Old Perspectives: How an Art Project Helped the NYPL Put Its 3D Stereograph Collection in Your Hands The New York Public Library 2012
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When I realized how the effect was working, I set about discovering if I could capture the same illusion by layering both sides of an old stereograph in Photoshop & displaying the result as an animated gif.
Are 19th Century Stereographs The Modern-Day GIF? The Huffington Post 2012
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But what elements of these lost moments are regained in an animated gif of a stereograph?
The New York Public Library: New Perspectives on Old Perspectives: How an Art Project Helped the NYPL Put Its 3D Stereograph Collection in Your Hands The New York Public Library 2012
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When I realized how the effect was working, I set about discovering if I could capture the same illusion by layering both sides of an old stereograph in Photoshop & displaying the result as an animated gif.
Are 19th Century Stereographs The Modern-Day GIF? The Huffington Post 2012
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While 19th century viewers of the original stereograph for Reaching for the Out of Reach #9 may have enjoyed the dramatic image of luckless passengers shipwrecked on the shores of Massachusetts, it's hard to imagine they would be similarly amused by the sad Victorian-looking characters stranded atop coffee bales and beneath umbrellas while the crippled ship looms like a set piece from some 3D Tim Burton film.
The New York Public Library: New Perspectives on Old Perspectives: How an Art Project Helped the NYPL Put Its 3D Stereograph Collection in Your Hands The New York Public Library 2012
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The stereograph from February 1865 — which Flickr users helpfully tagged both “punk” and “emo” among other keywords — shows Lincoln with short hair.
‘Emo Lincoln’ Gets the Flickr Treatment - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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