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diascopes

diascopes is the plural of diascope.

Meaning of diascope

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
  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

Questions about diascopes

What is diascopes the plural of?
Diascopes is the plural of diascope.

Words near diascopes in the dictionary

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

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