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otheoscope

otheoscope noun: an instrument for exhibiting the repulsive action produced by light or heat in a vacuum; a modification of the radiometer.

Noun

otheoscope (plural otheoscopes)

  1. An instrument for exhibiting the repulsive action produced by light or heat in a vacuum; a modification of the radiometer.
    • In a generous gesture that soon turned sour, Crookes allowed Gimingham to make otheoscopes in his spare time and make a profit on them by selling them […]2008, William Hodson Brock, William Crookes (1832-1919) and the Commercialization of Science

Forms of otheoscope

pluralotheoscopes

Origin of otheoscope

From Ancient Greek ὠθέω (ōthéō, “push”) + -scope.

Questions about otheoscope

What does otheoscope mean?
Otheoscope means an instrument for exhibiting the repulsive action produced by light or heat in a vacuum; a modification of the radiometer.
What part of speech is otheoscope?
Otheoscope is a noun.
What is the plural of otheoscope?
The plural of otheoscope is otheoscopes.

Words near otheoscope in the dictionary

  1. Othello errors
  2. Othello syndrome
  3. Othelloesque
  4. othematoma
  5. othematomata
  6. otheoscope
  7. otheoscopes
  8. other
  9. other backward class
  10. other backward classes
  11. other days, other ways

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