monocular

English

monocular (not comparable)

Having one eye.
- 1885–1888, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], volume (please specify the volume), Shammar edition, [London]: […] Burton Club […], OCLC 939632161:
  ...one of his sparks alighted upon my eye and destroyed it making me a monocular ape;
Related to a monocle.
- 1906, Amelia Barr, The Man Between
  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.
Of any optical system suitable for use by one eye at a time.

having one eye

monocular (plural monoculars)

(rare) A monocle.
- 1911, Ambrose Bierce, “lord”, in The Devil's Dictionary (The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce)‎, New York: The Neale Publishing Company:
  The moony monocular set in his eye / Appeared to be scanning the Sweet Bye-and-Bye.
(retronym) A monocular telescope, as opposed to binoculars.
- 2010, Duane R. Geruschat; Audrey J. Smith, “Low Vision for Orientation and Mobility”, in Foundations of Orientation and Mobility, volume 1: History and Theory, Third edition, New York: American Foundation for the Blind, page 75:
  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.

monocular m or n (feminine singular monoculară, masculine plural monoculari, feminine and neuter plural monoculare)

Declension of monocular

monocular (plural monoculares)