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scioptic ball

scioptic ball noun: a universal joint allowing an optical instrument mounted on a ball to be swiveled to point anywhere in a wide arc.

scioptic ball: a universal joint allowing an optical instrument mounted on a ball to be swiveled to point anywhere...
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Noun

scioptic ball (plural scioptic balls)

  1. (historical) a universal joint allowing an optical instrument mounted on a ball to be swiveled to point anywhere in a wide arc

Forms of scioptic ball

pluralscioptic balls

Questions about scioptic ball

What does scioptic ball mean?
Scioptic ball means a universal joint allowing an optical instrument mounted on a ball to be swiveled to point anywhere in a wide arc.
What part of speech is scioptic ball?
Scioptic ball is a noun.
What is the plural of scioptic ball?
The plural of scioptic ball is scioptic balls.

Words near scioptic ball in the dictionary

  1. sciophilous
  2. sciophyllous
  3. sciophyte
  4. sciophytes
  5. scioptic
  6. scioptic ball
  7. scioptic balls
  8. sciopticon
  9. sciopticons
  10. scioptics
  11. scioptric

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