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opeidoscopes

opeidoscopes is the plural of opeidoscope.

Meaning of opeidoscope

Noun

opeidoscope (plural opeidoscopes)

  1. An instrument, consisting of a tube with one end open and the other end covered with a thin flexible membrane with a mirror attached to its centre, used for exhibiting upon a screen, by means of rays reflected from the mirror, the vibratory motions caused by sounds that enter the tube.
    • Among many experiments in transmitting speech I tried that of a conical point of iron fastened to the middle of an opeidoscope membrane, the point being attached to a fine wire in such a manner as not to interfere with its freedom of movement […]1878, George Bartlett Prescott, The Speaking Telephone, Talking Phonograph, and Other Novelties

Questions about opeidoscopes

What is opeidoscopes the plural of?
Opeidoscopes is the plural of opeidoscope.

Words near opeidoscopes in the dictionary

  1. oped
  2. opegrapha
  3. opegraphas
  4. opeh
  5. opeidoscope
  6. opeidoscopes
  7. opelet
  8. opelets
  9. Opelika
  10. Opelka
  11. Opelkas

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