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Binoculars

Binoculars
Binoculars have separate views for each eye to enable a user to perceive depth. Each half of a pair of binoculars is essentially a telescope; however, binoculars often use prisms so that the binoculars are more compact than a pair of telescopes with comparable magnification power would be.
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