Alethoscope
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Alethoscope is a noun meaning (historical) An instrument, invented in the 1860s, for viewing magnified pictures by means of a single lens inside a box. By varying the intensity of the light, the same picture can be shown as "daytime" or "nighttime".
Meaning
(historical) An instrument, invented in the 1860s, for viewing magnified pictures by means of a single lens inside a box. By varying the intensity of the light, the same picture can be shown as "daytime" or "nighttime".
Word Forms
- alethoscopes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include megalethoscope, anorthoscope, graphiscope, euscope, stereomonoscope, anamorphoscope.
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