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Aeroscope
Aeroscope A"["e]r*o*scope, n. [A["e]ro- + Gr. ? to look out.] (Biol.) An apparatus designed for collecting spores, germs, bacteria, etc., suspended in the air.
Aeroscopy
Aeroscopy A`["e]r*os"co*py, n. [A["e]ro- + Gr. ? a looking out; ? to spy out.] The observation of the state and variations of the atmosphere.
Astroscope
Astroscope As"tro*scope, n. [Astro- + scope.] An old astronomical instrument, formed of two cones, on whose surface the constellations were delineated.
Astroscopus anoplus
Stargaser Star"gas`er, n. 1. One who gazes at the stars; an astrologer; sometimes, in derision or contempt, an astronomer. 2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of spiny-rayed marine fishes belonging to Uranoscopus, Astroscopus, and allied genera, of the family Uranoscopid[ae]. The common species of the Eastern United States are Astroscopus anoplus, and A. guttatus. So called from the position of the eyes, which look directly upward.
Astroscopy
Astroscopy As*tros"co*py, n. Observation of the stars. [Obs.]
Baroscope
Baroscope Bar"o*scope, n. [Gr. ? weight + -scope: cf. F. baroscope.] Any instrument showing the changes in the weight of the atmosphere; also, less appropriately, any instrument that indicates -or foreshadows changes of the weather, as a deep vial of liquid holding in suspension some substance which rises and falls with atmospheric changes.
Baroscopic
Baroscopic Bar`o*scop"ic, Baroscopical Bar`o*scop"ic*al, a. Pertaining to, or determined by, the baroscope.
Baroscopical
Baroscopic Bar`o*scop"ic, Baroscopical Bar`o*scop"ic*al, a. Pertaining to, or determined by, the baroscope.
Cerebroscopy
Cerebroscopy Cer`e*bros"co*py, n. [Cerebrum + -scopy.] (Med.) Examination of the brain for the diagnosis of disease; esp., the act or process of diagnosticating the condition of the brain by examination of the interior of the eye (as with an ophthalmoscope). --Buck.
Compound microscope
Microscope Mi"cro*scope, n. [Micro- + -scope.] An optical instrument, consisting of a lens, or combination of lenses, for making an enlarged image of an object which is too minute to be viewed by the naked eye. Compound microscope, an instrument consisting of a combination of lenses such that the image formed by the lens or set of lenses nearest the object (called the objective) is magnified by another lens called the ocular or eyepiece. Oxyhydrogen microscope, and Solar microscope. See under Oxyhydrogen, and Solar. Simple, or Single, microscope, a single convex lens used to magnify objects placed in its focus.
Compound microscope
Compound Com"pound, a. [OE. compouned, p. p. of compounen. See Compound, v. t.] Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts; produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or things; composite; as, a compound word. Compound substances are made up of two or more simple substances. --I. Watts. Compound addition, subtraction, multiplication, division (Arith.), the addition, subtraction, etc., of compound numbers. Compound crystal (Crystallog.), a twin crystal, or one seeming to be made up of two or more crystals combined according to regular laws of composition. Compound engine (Mech.), a form of steam engine in which the steam that has been used in a high-pressure cylinder is made to do further service in a larger low-pressure cylinder, sometimes in several larger cylinders, successively. Compound ether. (Chem.) See under Ether. Compound flower (Bot.), a flower head resembling a single flower, but really composed of several florets inclosed in a common calyxlike involucre, as the sunflower or dandelion. Compound fraction. (Math.) See Fraction. Compound fracture. See Fracture. Compound householder, a householder who compounds or arranges with his landlord that his rates shall be included in his rents. [Eng.] Compound interest. See Interest. Compound larceny. (Law) See Larceny. Compound leaf (Bot.), a leaf having two or more separate blades or leaflets on a common leafstalk. Compound microscope. See Microscope. Compound motion. See Motion. Compound number (Math.), one constructed according to a varying scale of denomination; as, 3 cwt., 1 qr., 5 lb.; -- called also denominate number. Compound pier (Arch.), a clustered column. Compound quantity (Alg.), a quantity composed of two or more simple quantities or terms, connected by the sign + (plus) or - (minus). Thus, a + b - c, and bb - b, are compound quantities. Compound radical. (Chem.) See Radical. Compound ratio (Math.), the product of two or more ratios; thus ab:cd is a ratio compounded of the simple ratios a:c and b:d. Compound rest (Mech.), the tool carriage of an engine lathe. Compound screw (Mech.), a screw having on the same axis two or more screws with different pitch (a differential screw), or running in different directions (a right and left screw). Compound time (Mus.), that in which two or more simple measures are combined in one; as, 6-8 time is the joining of two measures of 3-8 time. Compound word, a word composed of two or more words; specifically, two or more words joined together by a hyphen.
Deuteroscopy
Deuteroscopy Deu`ter*os"co*py, n. [Gr. ? second + -scopy.] 1. Second sight. I felt by anticipation the horrors of the Highland seers, whom their gift of deuteroscopy compels to witness things unmeet for mortal eye. --Sir W. Scott. 2. That which is seen at a second view; a meaning beyond the literal sense; the second intention; a hidden signification. --Sir T. Browne.
Dichroscope
Dichroscope Di"chro*scope, n. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice + ? color + ? to view.] An instrument for examining the dichroism of crystals.
Dichroscopic
Dichroscopic Di`chro*scop"ic, a. Pertaining to the dichroscope, or to observations with it.
electroscope
Cinematograph Cin`e*mat"o*graph, n. [Gr. ?, ?, motion + -graph.] 1. A machine, combining magic lantern and kinetoscope features, for projecting on a screen a series of pictures, moved rapidly (25 to 50 a second) and intermittently before an objective lens, and producing by persistence of vision the illusion of continuous motion; a moving-picture machine; also, any of several other machines or devices producing moving pictorial effects. Other common names for the cinematograph are animatograph, biograph, bioscope, electrograph, electroscope, kinematograph, kinetoscope, veriscope, vitagraph, vitascope, zo["o]gyroscope, zo["o]praxiscope, etc.
Electroscopic
Electroscopic E*lec`tro*scop"ic, a. Relating to, or made by means of, the electroscope.
Fluoroscope
Fluoroscope Flu*or"o*scope, n. (Physics) A fluorescent screen, with hood to protect the eyes, used for observing the shadows cast by objects placed in the path of the X rays. -- Flu*or`o*scop"ic, a.
Fluoroscope
Fluoroscope Flu*or"o*scope, n. [Fluorescence + -scope.] (Phys.) An instrument for observing or exhibiting fluorescence.
Fluoroscopic
Fluoroscope Flu*or"o*scope, n. (Physics) A fluorescent screen, with hood to protect the eyes, used for observing the shadows cast by objects placed in the path of the X rays. -- Flu*or`o*scop"ic, a.
Fluoroscopy
Fluoroscopy Flu`or*os"co*py, n. Examination of an object, as the human body, by exposing it to the X rays and observing the shadow cast upon a fluorescent screen; cryptoscopy.
Gastroscope
Gastroscope Gas"tro*scope, n. [Gastro- + -scope.] (Med.) An instrument for viewing or examining the interior of the stomach.
Gastroscopic
Gastroscopic Gas`tro*scop"ic, a. Of or pertaining to gastroscopy.
Gastroscopy
Gastroscopy Gas*tros"co*py, n. (Med.) Examination of the abdomen or stomach, as with the gastroscope.
Gyroscopic
Gyroscopic Gy"ro*scop"ic, a. Pertaining to the gyroscope; resembling the motion of the gyroscope.
Hieroscopy
Hieroscopy Hi`er*os"co*py, n. [Gr. ? divination; "iero`s sacred + ? to view.] Divination by inspection of entrails of victims offered in sacrifice.
Horoscoper
Horoscoper Hor"o*sco`per, Horoscopist Ho*ros"co*pist, n. One versed in horoscopy; an astrologer.
Horoscopist
Horoscoper Hor"o*sco`per, Horoscopist Ho*ros"co*pist, n. One versed in horoscopy; an astrologer.
Hydroscope
Hydroscope Hy"dro*scope, n. [Hydro-, 1 + -scope.] 1. An instrument designed to mark the presence of water, especially in air. --Weale. 2. A kind of water clock, used anciently for measuring time, the water tricking from an orifice at the end of a graduated tube.
Hygroscope
Hygroscope Hy"gro*scope, n. [Gr. ? wet + -scope: cf. F. hygroscope.] (Physics) An instrument which shows whether there is more or less moisture in the atmosphere, without indicating its amount.
Hygroscopic
Hygroscopic Hy`gro*scop"ic, a. [Cf. F. hygroscopique.] 1. Of or pertaining to, or indicated by, the hygroscope; not readily manifest to the senses, but capable of detection by the hygroscope; as, glass is often covered with a film of hygroscopic moisture. 2. Having the property of readily inbibing moisture from the atmosphere, or of the becoming coated with a thin film of moisture, as glass, etc.

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