Definition of stereoscope Stereoscope
ster•e•o•scope
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What does stereoscope mean?
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NounPlural: stereoscopes |
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| stereoscope - an optical device for viewing stereoscopic photographs | ||
| optical device a device for producing or controlling light | ||
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- stereoscope (Noun)
An instrument used for viewing pairs of stereoscopic photographs.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- stereoscope (n.)
An optical instrument for giving to pictures the appearance of solid forms, as seen in nature. It combines in one, through a bending of the rays of light, two pictures, taken for the purpose from points of view a little way apart. It is furnished with two eyeglasses, and by refraction or reflection the pictures are superimposed, so as to appear as one to the observer.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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stereoscope
ster′ē-ō-skōp, n. an instrument in which each of two pictures is examined by a separate lens, and the two lenses are inclined so as to shift the images towards one another, and thus to ensure or to facilitate the blending of the two images into one, standing out in relief with solidity.—adjs. Sterēoscop′ic, -al, pertaining to the stereoscope.—adv. Sterēoscop′ically.—ns. Stē′rēoscopist; Sterēos′copy. [Gr. stereos, solid, skopein, see.]
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🔤- stereoscope, noun, singular of stereoscopes.
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