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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK] farseeing;

πολύσ

much, many + [GREEK] to view: cf. F.

polyscope

(Opt.)

A glass which makes a single object appear as many; a multiplying glass.

Hutton.

(Med.)

An apparatus for affording a view of the different cavities of the body.

Noun.

[Gr. many and to view.] A glass which makes a single object appear as many.

polyscope ‎(plural polyscopes)