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Abdominoscopy
Abdominoscopy Ab*dom`i*nos"co*py, n. [L. abdomen + Gr. ? to
examine.] (Med.)
Examination of the abdomen to detect abdominal disease.
Aeroscope
Aeroscope A"["e]r*o*scope, n. [A["e]ro- + Gr. ? to look out.]
(Biol.)
An apparatus designed for collecting spores, germs, bacteria,
etc., suspended in the air.
Aeroscopy
Aeroscopy A`["e]r*os"co*py, n. [A["e]ro- + Gr. ? a looking
out; ? to spy out.]
The observation of the state and variations of the
atmosphere.
AEthrioscope
AEthrioscope [AE]"thri*o*scope, n. [Gr. ? clear + ? to
observe.]
An instrument consisting in part of a differential
thermometer. It is used for measuring changes of temperature
produced by different conditions of the sky, as when clear or
clouded.
Alethoscope
Alethoscope A*leth"o*scope, n. [Gr. ? true + ? to view.]
An instrument for viewing pictures by means of a lens, so as
to present them in their natural proportions and relations.
Anamorphoscope
Anamorphoscope An`a*mor"pho*scope, n. [Anamorphosis + -scope.]
An instrument for restoring a picture or image distorted by
anamorphosis to its normal proportions. It usually consists
of a cylindrical mirror.
Angioscope
Angioscope An"gi*o*scope ([a^]n"j[i^]*[-o]*sk[=o]p), n.
[Angio- + -scope.]
An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals
and plants. --Morin.
Astroscope
Astroscope As"tro*scope, n. [Astro- + scope.]
An old astronomical instrument, formed of two cones, on whose
surface the constellations were delineated.
Astroscopus anoplusStargaser Star"gas`er, n.
1. One who gazes at the stars; an astrologer; sometimes, in
derision or contempt, an astronomer.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of spiny-rayed
marine fishes belonging to Uranoscopus, Astroscopus,
and allied genera, of the family Uranoscopid[ae]. The
common species of the Eastern United States are
Astroscopus anoplus, and A. guttatus. So called from
the position of the eyes, which look directly upward. Astroscopy
Astroscopy As*tros"co*py, n.
Observation of the stars. [Obs.]
Bacterioscopic
Bacterioscopic Bac*te`ri*o*scop"ic, a. (Biol.)
Relating to bacterioscopy; as, a bacterioscopic examination.
Bacterioscopist
Bacterioscopist Bac*te`ri*os"co*pist, n. (Biol.)
One skilled in bacterioscopic examinations.
Bacterioscopy
Bacterioscopy Bac*te`ri*os"co*py (-[o^]s"k[-o]*p[y^]), n.
[Bacterium + -scopy ] (Biol.)
The application of a knowledge of bacteria for their
detection and identification, as in the examination of
polluted water.
Baroscope
Baroscope Bar"o*scope, n. [Gr. ? weight + -scope: cf. F.
baroscope.]
Any instrument showing the changes in the weight of the
atmosphere; also, less appropriately, any instrument that
indicates -or foreshadows changes of the weather, as a deep
vial of liquid holding in suspension some substance which
rises and falls with atmospheric changes.
Baroscopic
Baroscopic Bar`o*scop"ic, Baroscopical Bar`o*scop"ic*al, a.
Pertaining to, or determined by, the baroscope.
Baroscopical
Baroscopic Bar`o*scop"ic, Baroscopical Bar`o*scop"ic*al, a.
Pertaining to, or determined by, the baroscope.
bioscopeCinematograph Cin`e*mat"o*graph, n. [Gr. ?, ?, motion +
-graph.]
1. A machine, combining magic lantern and kinetoscope
features, for projecting on a screen a series of pictures,
moved rapidly (25 to 50 a second) and intermittently
before an objective lens, and producing by persistence of
vision the illusion of continuous motion; a moving-picture
machine; also, any of several other machines or devices
producing moving pictorial effects. Other common names for
the cinematograph are animatograph, biograph,
bioscope, electrograph, electroscope,
kinematograph, kinetoscope, veriscope, vitagraph,
vitascope, zo["o]gyroscope, zo["o]praxiscope, etc. Ceraunoscope
Ceraunoscope Ce*rau"no*scope, n. [Gr. ? thunder and lightning
+ -scope.]
An instrument or apparatus employed in the ancient mysteries
to imitate thunder and lightning. --T. Moore.
Cerebroscopy
Cerebroscopy Cer`e*bros"co*py, n. [Cerebrum + -scopy.] (Med.)
Examination of the brain for the diagnosis of disease; esp.,
the act or process of diagnosticating the condition of the
brain by examination of the interior of the eye (as with an
ophthalmoscope). --Buck.
Chromatoscope
Chromatoscope Chro"ma*to*scope`, n. [Gr. ?, ?, color +
-scope.] (Astron.)
A reflecting telescope, part of which is made to rotate
eccentrically, so as to produce a ringlike image of a star,
instead of a point; -- used in studying the scintillation of
the stars.
Chronoscope
Chronoscope Chron"o*scope, n. [Gr. ? time + -scope.]
An instrument for measuring minute intervals of time; used in
determining the velocity of projectiles, the duration of
short-lived luminous phenomena, etc.
Compound microscopeMicroscope Mi"cro*scope, n. [Micro- + -scope.]
An optical instrument, consisting of a lens, or combination
of lenses, for making an enlarged image of an object which is
too minute to be viewed by the naked eye.
Compound microscope, an instrument consisting of a
combination of lenses such that the image formed by the
lens or set of lenses nearest the object (called the
objective) is magnified by another lens called the ocular
or eyepiece.
Oxyhydrogen microscope, and Solar microscope. See under
Oxyhydrogen, and Solar.
Simple, or Single, microscope, a single convex lens used
to magnify objects placed in its focus. Compound microscopeCompound Com"pound, a. [OE. compouned, p. p. of compounen. See
Compound, v. t.]
Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts;
produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or
things; composite; as, a compound word.
Compound substances are made up of two or more simple
substances. --I. Watts.
Compound addition, subtraction, multiplication,
division (Arith.), the addition, subtraction, etc., of
compound numbers.
Compound crystal (Crystallog.), a twin crystal, or one
seeming to be made up of two or more crystals combined
according to regular laws of composition.
Compound engine (Mech.), a form of steam engine in which
the steam that has been used in a high-pressure cylinder
is made to do further service in a larger low-pressure
cylinder, sometimes in several larger cylinders,
successively.
Compound ether. (Chem.) See under Ether.
Compound flower (Bot.), a flower head resembling a single
flower, but really composed of several florets inclosed in
a common calyxlike involucre, as the sunflower or
dandelion.
Compound fraction. (Math.) See Fraction.
Compound fracture. See Fracture.
Compound householder, a householder who compounds or
arranges with his landlord that his rates shall be
included in his rents. [Eng.]
Compound interest. See Interest.
Compound larceny. (Law) See Larceny.
Compound leaf (Bot.), a leaf having two or more separate
blades or leaflets on a common leafstalk.
Compound microscope. See Microscope.
Compound motion. See Motion.
Compound number (Math.), one constructed according to a
varying scale of denomination; as, 3 cwt., 1 qr., 5 lb.;
-- called also denominate number.
Compound pier (Arch.), a clustered column.
Compound quantity (Alg.), a quantity composed of two or
more simple quantities or terms, connected by the sign +
(plus) or - (minus). Thus, a + b - c, and bb - b, are
compound quantities.
Compound radical. (Chem.) See Radical.
Compound ratio (Math.), the product of two or more ratios;
thus ab:cd is a ratio compounded of the simple ratios a:c
and b:d.
Compound rest (Mech.), the tool carriage of an engine
lathe.
Compound screw (Mech.), a screw having on the same axis two
or more screws with different pitch (a differential
screw), or running in different directions (a right and
left screw).
Compound time (Mus.), that in which two or more simple
measures are combined in one; as, 6-8 time is the joining
of two measures of 3-8 time.
Compound word, a word composed of two or more words;
specifically, two or more words joined together by a
hyphen. Cranioscopist
Cranioscopist Cra`ni*os"co*pist (kr?`n?-?s"k?-p?st), n.
One skilled in, or who practices, cranioscopy.
It was found of equal dimension in a literary man whose
skull puzzied the cranioscopists. --Coleridge.
Cranioscopy
Cranioscopy Cra`ni*os"co*py (-p?), n. [Cranium + -scopy.]
Scientific examination of the cranium.
Cyclonoscope
Cyclonoscope Cy*clo"no*scope, n. [Cyclone + -scope.]
An apparatus to assist in locating the center of a cyclone.
Cycloscope
Cycloscope Cy"clo*scope (s?"kl?-sk?p), n. [Cyclo- + -scope.]
A machine for measuring at any moment velocity of rotation,
as of a wheel of a steam engine. --Knight.
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