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diascope

/ˈdaɪəskəʊp/

diascope noun: a projector used for projecting transparencies.

Noun

diascope (plural diascopes)

  1. A projector used for projecting transparencies.
    • The diascope test pattern reference for automatic setup is a transparency (Figure 3), built into all TK47B lenses.1982, International Broadcast Engineer: IBE. - Volumes 181-196
    • When it is used to project a slide then at serves as a diascope.2004, M. Vanaja, Methods Of Teaching Physics, →ISBN, page 90
  2. a slide viewer, a device for looking at small transparent images.
  3. A flat piece of glass or transparent plastic, used to examine lesions in the skin
    • The diascope (a flat piece of glass) was used to press out the blood and expose the apple-jelly points of marginal growth.1898, “Cutaneous Tuberculosis by Auto-infection”, in Indiana Medical Journal

Forms of diascope

pluraldiascopes

Origin of diascope

From dia- + -scope.

Questions about diascope

What does diascope mean?
Diascope means a projector used for projecting transparencies.
What part of speech is diascope?
Diascope is a noun.
How do you pronounce diascope?
Diascope is pronounced /ˈdaɪəskəʊp/.
What is the plural of diascope?
The plural of diascope is diascopes.

Words near diascope in the dictionary

  1. dias
  2. diasatyrion
  3. diaschisis
  4. diascia
  5. diascias
  6. diascope
  7. diascopes
  8. diascopic
  9. diascopies
  10. diascopy
  11. diascord

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