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Word: Saccade
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 18th century (in the sense ‘jerking movement’): from French, literally ‘violent pull’, from Old French saquer ‘to pull’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
səˈkɑːd
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
saˈkeɪd
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a rapid movement of the eye between fixation points.
Short Definition:rapid movement of eye between fixation points
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