I gather you have never actually used a binocular. In reality, a good binocular has a wide FOV that you barely notice a border on the peripheral vision. At worst, you see a single circle around your vision, not two overlapping circles, that’s just Hollywood shorthand, not something that happens in real life.
It’s a pair of binoculars, but it has always made me feel uneasy. It’s a single device, composed of two oculars. It’s technically called a “binocular telescope”, because there are monocular telescopes. But we just call them telescopes. Though it wouldn’t be wrong to call a pair of binoculars just a telescope. So both ways are correct, but I guess language is just weird like that.
dustyData@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I gather you have never actually used a binocular. In reality, a good binocular has a wide FOV that you barely notice a border on the peripheral vision. At worst, you see a single circle around your vision, not two overlapping circles, that’s just Hollywood shorthand, not something that happens in real life.
Chewmungus@lemmy.world 6 months ago
So it’s one binocular and two binoculars? I always thought it was inherently plural.
criitz@reddthat.com 6 months ago
I always called them a pair of binoculars. Like pants
dustyData@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It’s a pair of binoculars, but it has always made me feel uneasy. It’s a single device, composed of two oculars. It’s technically called a “binocular telescope”, because there are monocular telescopes. But we just call them telescopes. Though it wouldn’t be wrong to call a pair of binoculars just a telescope. So both ways are correct, but I guess language is just weird like that.
Chewmungus@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Interesting, thanks for the added info! Kinda similar to one pant vs a pair of pants huh