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Webster 1913 Edition


Teinoscope

Tei′no-scope

,
Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] to extend +
-scope
.]
(Physics)
An instrument formed by combining prisms so as to correct the chromatic aberration of the light while linear dimensions of objects seen through the prisms are increased or diminished; – called also
prism telescope
.
Sir D. Brewster.