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chromatoscope

chromatoscope noun: 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.

Noun

chromatoscope (plural chromatoscopes)

  1. (historical) 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.

Forms of chromatoscope

pluralchromatoscopes

Origin of chromatoscope

From chromato- + -scope.

Questions about chromatoscope

What does chromatoscope mean?
Chromatoscope means 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.
What part of speech is chromatoscope?
Chromatoscope is a noun.
What is the plural of chromatoscope?
The plural of chromatoscope is chromatoscopes.

Words near chromatoscope in the dictionary

  1. chromatopsias
  2. chromatoptometer
  3. chromatoptometers
  4. chromatoscanner
  5. chromatoscanners
  6. chromatoscope
  7. chromatoscopes
  8. chromatosis
  9. chromatosome
  10. chromatosomes
  11. chromatospectrophotometric

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