Abrupt rapid small movements of both eyes, such as when the eyes scan a line of print. The saccades can be divided into two distinct groups: the major saccades that are easily observed with the naked eye and the minor saccades that are virtually unobservable without special instrumentation. The word saccade is borrowed from the French. It is derive [..]

1705, from French saccade "a jerk," from obsolete saquer "to shake, pull," dialectal variant of Old French sachier, ultimately from Latin saccus "sack" (see sack (n.1)). [..]

discrete, rapid conjugate eye movements from one object to another

Rapid intermittent eye movement, as that which occurs when the eyes fix on one point after another in the visual field. Course cannot be altered once begun. See also: microsaccadis. Compare with: smoo [..]

(n) a rapid, jerky movement of the eyes between positions of rest(n) an abrupt spasmodic movement

An abrupt voluntary shift in Ocular Fixation from one point to another, as occurs in reading.

The slatting of sails in slight airs and with heavy swells.

or saccadic eye movement

(rare) A sudden jerking movement. A rapid jerky movement of the eye (voluntary or involuntary) from one focus to another. * '''1993''', , '''': *: He added the bill with a single saccade of his [..]