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say it: AW-kyoo-lur
ocular is an adjective and noun meaning "of or relating to or resembling the eye". It is pronounced /ˈɔkjulɚ/ — AW-kyoo-lur. It carries 4 recorded senses.
of or relating to or resembling the eye
“ocular muscles”
“an ocular organ”
“ocular diseases”
“the optic (or optical) axis of the eye”
“an ocular spot is a pigmented organ or part believed to be sensitive to light”
“ophthalmic defect”
relating to or using sight
“ocular inspection”
“an optical illusion”
“visual powers”
“visual navigation”
combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for ocular come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.