Monokulaarinen

Monokulaarinen is a Finnish adjective meaning related to one eye, or usable with one eye. The term is formed from the prefix mono- meaning "one" and the word oculus or eye, and it is used in scientific, medical, and everyday language. In Finnish, its opposite is binokulaarinen, referring to something that involves or requires both eyes.

In vision science, monokulaarinen describes processes and perceptions that can occur with a single eye. Humans typically rely on binokulaarinen vision for depth perception, but many depth cues function monocularly. Monokulaariset vihjeet include cues such as object size, linear perspective, occlusion, shading, texture gradient, and motion parallax, which allow depth perception even when one eye is closed.

In optics and devices, monokularinen refers to instruments designed for use with one eye. Monocular devices include monocular telescopes, monocular rangefinders, and other single-eye viewing aids, as opposed to binocular devices that require both eyes, such as binoculars. The term can also appear in contexts involving one-eye equipment in photography, surveillance, or fieldwork.

In ophthalmology and clinical contexts, monokulaarinen can describe conditions or treatments affecting only one eye. For example, a monokulaarinen näkövamma would pertain to vision impairment in a single eye, while therapies or measurements might be described as applying to one eye rather than both.

Overall, monokulaarinen serves as a versatile descriptor across disciplines to indicate single-eye relevance or use, in contrast with binokulaarinen, which denotes two-eye involvement.