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introscopes

introscopes is the plural of introscope.

Meaning of introscope

Noun

introscope (plural introscopes)

  1. An optical device similar to an endoscope, used in various industrial settings such as checking jet engines for cracks, observing nuclear reactors for cracks, or measuring the fat layer on a meat carcass.
    • The useful life of the introscope could be limited by several factors: acquired radioactivity, failure of the lamp, and loss of transparency in the lenses caused by their darkening under gamma-radiation .1959, “Nuclear Power: The Journal of British Nuclear Engineering”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 110

Questions about introscopes

What is introscopes the plural of?
Introscopes is the plural of introscope.

Words near introscopes in the dictionary

  1. introrse
  2. introrsely
  3. intros
  4. introscan
  5. introscope
  6. introscopes
  7. introspect
  8. introspectability
  9. introspectable
  10. introspected
  11. introspectibility

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