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saccade
- /səˈkɑːd/
Rhymes with -ɑːd
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French saccade.
noun saccades
- 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.) He added the bill with a single saccade of his pulsing eyes.
- The act of checking a horse quickly with a single strong pull of the reins.
- The sounding of two violin strings together by using a sudden strong pressure of the bow.
- Any sudden jerking movement.
verb saccades · saccading · saccaded
- To make a rapid jerking movement to focus elsewhere.
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noun rapid jerky movement of the eye
| Español | sacada, movimiento sacádico / ocular |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 掃視 /扫视 sǎoshì |
| Português | movimento sacádico |
| Français | saccade |
| Deutsch | Sakkade |
| Italiano | saccade |
| Ελληνικά | μεταπήδηση metapídisi |
| Русский | сакка́да sakkáda, бы́строе скачкообра́зное движе́ние глаз býstroje skačkoobráznoje dvižénije glaz |
noun music: sounding of two violin strings together
| Русский | сакка́да sakkáda |
|---|
noun sudden jerk
| 日本語 | 突然のジャーク totsuzen no jāku |
|---|---|
| Português | tranco |
| Français | saccade |
| Русский | внеза́пный рыво́к vnezápnyj ryvók |
Talk about this word "saccade." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/saccade. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. saccade. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/saccade "saccade." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/saccade.
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@misc{saccade_2026,
title = {saccade},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/saccade},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
