Stereopticon

Quick meaning: Stereopticon is a noun meaning A magic lantern, especially one with two projectors arranged so as to produce dissolving views or combinations of images.

Meaning

A magic lantern, especially one with two projectors arranged so as to produce dissolving views or combinations of images.

Example Sentences

Certain unscrupulous individuals grow rich through the manufacture and distribution of suggestive postcards, obscene steriopticon views, and inexcusable books and typewritten pamphlets.

The stories did not seem to me to touch life. […] They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.

Word Forms

• stereopticons

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stereoptican, stereoview, balopticon, stereocamera, stereogram, stereopsis.

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