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hypnoscope

hypnoscope noun: an instrument intended to determine a person's susceptibility to hypnotic influences.

Noun

hypnoscope (plural hypnoscopes)

  1. (dated) An instrument intended to determine a person's susceptibility to hypnotic influences.
    • From several magnets combined von Hellenbach and Gessmann in Vienna constructed considerably stronger hypnoscopes, through which 66 per cent. of those examined showed the above mentioned sensitiveness […]1889, Humboldt library of science, number 113, page 13

Forms of hypnoscope

pluralhypnoscopes

Origin of hypnoscope

From hypno- + -scope.

Questions about hypnoscope

What does hypnoscope mean?
Hypnoscope means an instrument intended to determine a person's susceptibility to hypnotic influences.
What part of speech is hypnoscope?
Hypnoscope is a noun.
What is the plural of hypnoscope?
The plural of hypnoscope is hypnoscopes.

Words near hypnoscope in the dictionary

  1. hypnopompically
  2. hypnopædia
  3. hypnopædic
  4. hypnorape
  5. Hypnos
  6. hypnoscope
  7. hypnoscopes
  8. hypnosedation
  9. hypnosedative
  10. hypnosedatives
  11. hypnoseduction

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