Saccade Definition

să-käd, sə-

saccades

noun

Any of the rapid, involuntary jumps made by the eyes from one fixed point to another, as in reading.

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(rare) A sudden jerking movement.

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The act of checking a horse quickly with a single strong pull of the reins.

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(music) The sounding of two violin strings together by using a sudden strong pressure of the bow.

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verb

(of the eye) To make a rapid jerking movement to focus elsewhere.

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Other Word Forms of Saccade

Singular:

saccade

Plural:

saccades

French jerk, jolt from Middle French from Old French dialectal saquer to jerk, pull variant of Old French sachier to pull forcefully, turn over, shake up from sac sack (perhaps in reference to the shaking of bags of wheat to settle their contents) sac¹

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From French saccade.

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