P3D Re: words (was: stereopticon or stereoscope?)

["Greg Wageman" <gjw@xxxxxxxxxx>]

From: CanterMike@xxxxxxx <CanterMike@xxxxxxx>


>In digest 3598, George writes, in part:
>
> > P.S. I try to educate people not to use the term "interocular"
> > when they mean "interaxial" but I feel I am wasting my time.
>
> To simplify things I say "distance between the eyes" and
> "distance between the lenses" to make sure that everyone
> understands what I am talking about.
>
>Its odd that, to "simplify", we must use four words instead of one....


And even then, it is less precise.  By "distance between the eyes", he
could mean the distance between their closest parts, rather than the
intended interpupilary distance.