Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

interpupillary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-ter-pupil-lary
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Between the pupils of the eyes.

Example Sentences

"In connexion with a somewhat extensive research into the state of refraction, visual acuity, and interpupillary distance in the girls of a school in Heidelberg, Beselin (Arch. f. Augenh., xiv. 2) gives the following results with reference to the dynamic relations of the muscles […]"
"I use a Bausch and Lomb Interpupillary Distance Gauge, which will give give^([sic]) the correct interpupillary distances for distance, intermediate, and close visions."
"The eyepiece tubes are adjusted for the correct interpupillary distance, that is, the distance between the pupils of one's eyes."

Etymology

From inter- + pupillary.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: inter

Rhymes With

orbitomaxillary intramaxillary faciomaxillary rhinomaxillary premaxillomaxillary labiomaxillary antennomaxillary coronomaxillary mandibulomaxillary paramaxillary postmaxillary pseudomaxillary

Questions

What does interpupillary mean?: Between the pupils of the eyes.
Where does interpupillary come from?: From inter- + pupillary.

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