Saccadic
/səˈkæd.ɪk/noun
Relating to or denoting a rapid movement of the eye between fixation points.
Did you know?The term 'saccadic' stems from the Latin 'saccus', meaning 'bag', reflecting how the eye moves quickly from one 'bag' of information to another.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sākw-
“to hold, to contain”
Latin
Latin
saccus
“bag, pouch, or sack”
Late Latin
Late Latin
saccadicus
“of or relating to a sack or bag-like structure”
19th Century
English
saccadic
“pertaining to rapid eye movements, derived from the notion of quick jumps between visual 'bags' of information”
Modern English
English
saccadic
“designating the swift movements of the eye during visual scanning”