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A 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.)
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Topics: engineering, medicine, natural-sciences, ophthalmology, physical-sciences, science, sciences, technology
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The act of checking a horse quickly with a single strong pull of the reins.
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The sounding of two violin strings together by using a sudden strong pressure of the bow.
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Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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Any sudden jerking movement.
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Usage: rare
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To make a rapid jerking movement to focus elsewhere.
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Usage: intransitive
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an abrupt spasmodic movement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: jerk, jerking, jolt
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Broader terms: motion, movement, move, motility
a rapid, jerky movement of the eyes between positions of rest
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: eye movement
Borrowed from French saccade.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
nykäys
— sudden jerk
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Finnish:
nykäisy
— sudden jerk
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French:
saccade
— sudden jerk
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Japanese:
突然のジャーク
(totsuzen no jāku)
— sudden jerk
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Portuguese:
tranco
— sudden jerk
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Russian:
внеза́пный рыво́к
(vnezápnyj ryvók)
— sudden jerk
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Chinese Mandarin:
掃視 /扫视
(sǎoshì)
— rapid jerky movement of the eye
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Czech:
sakáda
— rapid jerky movement of the eye
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Dutch:
saccade
— rapid jerky movement of the eye
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Finnish:
sakkadi
— rapid jerky movement of the eye
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French:
saccade
— rapid jerky movement of the eye
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German:
Sakkade
— rapid jerky movement of the eye
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Greek:
μεταπήδηση
(metapídisi)
— rapid jerky movement of the eye
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Hungarian:
szakkád
— rapid jerky movement of the eye
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Italian:
saccade
— rapid jerky movement of the eye
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Portuguese:
movimento sacádico
— rapid jerky movement of the eye
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Russian:
сакка́да
(sakkáda)
— rapid jerky movement of the eye
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Russian:
бы́строе скачкообра́зное движе́ние глаз
(býstroje skačkoobráznoje dvižénije glaz)
— rapid jerky movement of the eye
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Spanish:
sacada
— rapid jerky movement of the eye
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Spanish:
movimiento sacádico / ocular
— rapid jerky movement of the eye
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Finnish:
vetäisy
— act of checking a horse with a single pull of the reins
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French:
saccade
— act of checking a horse with a single pull of the reins
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Portuguese:
puxão
— act of checking a horse with a single pull of the reins
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Finnish:
saccadé
— music: sounding of two violin strings together
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Russian:
сакка́да
(sakkáda)
— music: sounding of two violin strings together
