Saccade

Pronunciation

• IPA: /səˈkɑːd/

Origin

From French saccade.

Full definition of saccade

Noun

1. (rare) A sudden jerking movement.
2. A rapid jerky movement of the eye (voluntary or involuntary) from one focus to another.
• 1993, Will Self, :He added the bill with a single saccade of his pulsing eyes.
• 2000, Tim Radford, The Guardian, 21 Nov 2000:Then 130 milliseconds or thousandths of a second later, each made a "saccade" - an extremely fast eye movement - to roughly where the ball was likely to bounce.
3. The act of checking a horse quickly with a single strong pull of the reins.
4. (music) The sounding of two violin strings together by using a sudden strong pressure of the bow.

Verb

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

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