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stereopticons

stereopticons is the plural of stereopticon.

Meaning of stereopticon

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

Questions about stereopticons

What is stereopticons the plural of?
Stereopticons is the plural of stereopticon.

Words near stereopticons in the dictionary

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

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