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noun, feminine

saccade

/sa.kad/

noun, feminine/sa.kad/plural: saccades

a jerk (jerking movement); a rapid jerky movement of the eye (voluntary or involuntary) from one focus to another; the act of checking a horse quickly with a single strong pull of the reins

From saquer or its Spanish cognate sacar.

saccade — French Dictionary | Passage