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Webster 1913 Edition


Polyscope

Pol′y-scope

,
Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] farseeing;
πολύσ
much, many + [GREEK] to view: cf. F.
polyscope
.]
1.
(Opt.)
A glass which makes a single object appear as many; a multiplying glass.
Hutton.
2.
(Med.)
An apparatus for affording a view of the different cavities of the body.

Webster 1828 Edition


Polyscope

POL'YSCOPE

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

Definition 2024


polyscope

polyscope

English

Noun

polyscope (plural polyscopes)

  1. A lens that has multiple facets and forms multiple images
  2. (obsolete, medicine) A device for viewing the cavities of the body

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