sac|cade

sac|cade
sac|cade «suh KAHD», noun.
an involuntary jerking of the eye as it moves from one position to another: »

The most common major eye movement is the saccade. Saccades usually take less than a twentieth of a second, but they happen several times each second in reading (Scientific American).

[< French saccade jerk < Old French saquer, sacher pull, draw]

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