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retroscopic

retroscopic adjective: having a tilt in the opposite direction to a pantoscopic lens.

Adjective

retroscopic (not comparable)

  1. Having a tilt in the opposite direction to a pantoscopic lens

Questions about retroscopic

What does retroscopic mean?
Retroscopic means having a tilt in the opposite direction to a pantoscopic lens.
What part of speech is retroscopic?
Retroscopic is an adjective.

Words near retroscopic in the dictionary

  1. retrorubral
  2. retros
  3. retroscape
  4. retroscapes
  5. retroscapular
  6. retroscopic
  7. retroscripting
  8. retrose
  9. retrosellar
  10. retrosequence
  11. retrosequences

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