"magic eye" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: magic eyes [plural]
Etymology: (autostereogram): From the Magic Eye books featuring autostereograms, first released in 1993, which has now become a genericized trademark. Etymology templates: {{sense|autostereogram}} (autostereogram): Head templates: {{en-noun}} magic eye (plural magic eyes)
  1. An autostereogram.
    Sense id: en-magic_eye-en-noun-IbcoYPKy
  2. A magic eye tube: a vacuum tube display device which was used as a tuning indicator. Categories (topical): Electron tubes
    Sense id: en-magic_eye-en-noun-Rz~1dkoJ Disambiguation of Electron tubes: 24 76 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English genericized trademarks, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 32 68 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 21 79 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 35 65 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 31 69

Inflected forms

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