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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.
Definition 2024
teinoscope
teinoscope
English
Noun
teinoscope (plural teinoscopes)
- 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
Synonyms
- prism telescope
References
- teinoscope in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913