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stereopticon

stereopticon noun: a magic lantern, especially one with two projectors arranged so as to produce dissolving views or combinations of images.

Noun

stereopticon (plural stereopticons)

  1. A magic lantern, especially one with two projectors arranged so as to produce dissolving views or combinations of images.
    • The stories did not seem to me to touch life. […] They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
    • Certain unscrupulous individuals grow rich through the manufacture and distribution of suggestive postcards, obscene steriopticon views, and inexcusable books and typewritten pamphlets.1930, Jefferis & Nichols, Safe Counsel or Practical Eugenics, page 200

stereopticon meaning in Tamil

stereopticon in Tamil

ஒருபட இருகாட்சி விளக்கு

Forms of stereopticon

pluralstereopticons

Origin of stereopticon

From stereo- (“three-dimensional”) + Ancient Greek ὀπτικός (optikós, “visual”).

Questions about stereopticon

What does stereopticon mean?
Stereopticon means a magic lantern, especially one with two projectors arranged so as to produce dissolving views or combinations of images.
What is stereopticon in Tamil?
Stereopticon in Tamil is ஒருபட இருகாட்சி விளக்கு. See Stereopticon meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is stereopticon?
Stereopticon is a noun.
What is the plural of stereopticon?
The plural of stereopticon is stereopticons.

Words near stereopticon in the dictionary

  1. stereoptically
  2. stereoptican
  3. stereopticans
  4. stereoptician
  5. stereopticians
  6. stereopticon
  7. stereopticons
  8. stereopure
  9. stereopurity
  10. stereoradiogram
  11. stereoradiograms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stereopticon (page history and authors); stereopticon (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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