saccade
A rapid movement of the eye from one focus to anotherA rapid movement of the eye (either voluntary or involuntary) from one focus to another. (Often described as a jerky movement, but this word denotes all such quick eye movements, which happen continually, not just exaggerated or weird ones, and not nystagmus.)
Meaning
4 sensesA rapid movement of the eye (either voluntary or involuntary) from one focus to another. (Often described as a jerky movement, but this word denotes all such quick eye movements, which happen continually, not just exaggerated or weird ones, and not nystagmus.)
Sakkade
сакка́даsakkáda, бы́строе скачкообра́зное движе́ние глазbýstroje skačkoobráznoje dvižénije glaz
The act of checking a horse quickly with a single strong pull of the reins.
The sounding of two violin strings together by using a sudden strong pressure of the bow.
сакка́даsakkáda
(rare)Any sudden jerking movement.
внеза́пный рыво́кvnezápnyj ryvók
an abrupt spasmodic movement
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French saccade.Borrowed from French saccade.
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Forms
plural: saccadesSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
13 related wordsSee also
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