Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

magic eye

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.57 in modern English

Syllables
mag-ic -eye
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An autostereogram.

noun

A magic eye tube: a vacuum tube display device which was used as a tuning indicator.

Etymology

(autostereogram): From the Magic Eye books featuring autostereograms, first released in 1993, now a genericized trademark.

Inflected Forms

magic eyes (plural)

Synonyms

photoelectric cell photoconductive cell photocell electric eye

Questions

What does magic eye mean?
An autostereogram.
Where does magic eye come from?
(autostereogram): From the Magic Eye books featuring autostereograms, first released in 1993, now a genericized trademark.

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