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Jerky movement by the eyes while reading
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saccade
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1705, from French saccade "a jerk," from obsolete saquer "to shake, pull," dialectal variant of Old French sachier , ultimately from Latin saccus "sack" (see sack (n.1)). Related: Saccadic .
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A saccade ( , French for jerk ) is a quick, simultaneous movement of both eyes between two or more phases of fixation in the same direction. The phenomenon can be associated with a shift in frequency of an emitted signal or a movement of a body part or ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context rare English) A sudden jerking movement. 2 A rapid jerky movement of the eye (voluntary or involuntary) from one focus to another. 3 The act of checking a horse quickly with a single strong pull of the reins. 4 (context music English) The ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Saccade \Sac*cade"\, n. [F.] (Man.) A sudden, violent check of a horse by drawing or twitching the reins on a sudden and with one pull.
Usage examples of saccade.
Il ne repondit pas, et il se mit a marcher en long, en large, a pas saccades, la tete haute, les yeux brillants, les levres fremissantes.
He opened the message, and his eyes flew all over it in mad saccades, trying to absorb it as a gestalt.
He allowed his eyes to track back from that distant point, jumping tens of kilometres with a succession of ballistic saccades: Empty.
She gazed intently at the smooth face in front of her, hundreds of minute saccades flicking her eyes from tiny muscular movements of the muscles around the thin mouth, to the steady depth of the small, black eyes, to the small hollowing, ballooning of the yellow, hairless cheeks.