stereoscopic motion picture

a motion picture in which the dimension of depth is provided by recording the scene through two cameras, each with the perspective of one eye. When each sequence of images is presented to the correct eye at the same time, three-dimensional stereoscopic depth is perceived (see depth perception; stereopsis).

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categorical scale

a sequence of numbers that identifies items as belonging to mutually exclusive categories. For example, a categorical scale for the political party affiliation of a group of Americans might use 1 to denote Republican, 2 to denote Democrat, and 3 to denote Independent. When the number sequence has a meaningful order a categorical scale is more precisely called an ordinal scale; when it is devoid of such meaningful order it is known as a nominal scale.