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n. [ Aëro- + Gr. &unr_; to look out. ] (Biol.) An apparatus designed for collecting spores, germs, bacteria, etc., suspended in the air. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aëro- + Gr. &unr_; a looking out; &unr_; to spy out. ] The observation of the state and variations of the atmosphere. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; clear + &unr_; to observe. ] An instrument consisting in part of a differential thermometer. It is used for measuring changes of temperature produced by different conditions of the sky, as when clear or clouded. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; true + &unr_; to view. ] An instrument for viewing pictures by means of a lens, so as to present them in their natural proportions and relations. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Anamorphosis + -scope. ] An instrument for restoring a picture or image distorted by anamorphosis to its normal proportions. It usually consists of a cylindrical mirror. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; wind + -scope: cf. F. anémoscope. ] An instrument which shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane; a weathercock; -- usually applied to a contrivance consisting of a vane above, connected in the building with a dial or index with pointers to show the changes of the wind. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Angio- + -scope. ] An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants. Morin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'an priv. + 'orqo`s straight + -scope. ] (Physics) An optical toy for producing amusing figures or pictures by means of two revolving disks, on one of which distorted figures are painted. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man + -scopy. ] The art of discovering or judging of a man's character, passions. and inclinations from a study of his visible features. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Astro- + scope. ] An old astronomical instrument, formed of two cones, on whose surface the constellations were delineated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Observation of the stars. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Relating to bacterioscopy; as, a bacterioscopic examination. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) One skilled in bacterioscopic examinations. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Bacterium + -scopy; fr. Gr. bakth`rion, ba`ktron, a staff + skopei^n to view. ] (Biol.) 1. The application of a knowledge of bacteria for their detection and identification, as in the examination of polluted water. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Microscopic examination or investigation of bacteria. -- Bac*te`ri*o*scop"ic a. -- *scop"ic*al*ly adv. -- Bac*te`ri*os"co*pist n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. [ Gr. ba`ros 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Pertaining to, or determined by, the baroscope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. bi`os life + -scope. ] 1. A view of life; that which gives such a view. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bagman's Bioscope: Various Views of Men and Manners. [ Book Title. ] W. Bayley (1824). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. An animated picture machine for screen projection; a cinematograph (which see); an archaic term replaced by movie projector. [ archaic ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. a South African movie theater. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; thunder and lightning + -scope. ] An instrument or apparatus employed in the ancient mysteries to imitate thunder and lightning. T. Moore. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, color + -scope. ] (Astron.) A reflecting telescope, part of which is made to rotate eccentrically, so as to produce a ringlike image of a star, instead of a point; -- used in studying the scintillation of the stars. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; time + -scope. ] An instrument for measuring minute intervals of time; used in determining the velocity of projectiles, the duration of short-lived luminous phenomena, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) A large, white, South American duck, of the genus Cascoroba, resembling a swan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One skilled in, or who practices, cranioscopy. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was found of equal dimension in a literary man whose skull puzzied the cranioscopists. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cranium + -scopy. ] Scientific examination of the cranium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an instrument for measuring freezing and melting points. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cyclone + -scope. ] An apparatus to assist in locating the center of a cyclone. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Cyclo- + -scope. ] A machine for measuring at any moment velocity of rotation, as of a wheel of a steam engine. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; wave + -scope. ] (Elec.) Any device for detecting the presence of electric waves. The influence of electric waves on the resistance of a particular kind of electric circuit, on the magnetization of steel, on the polarization of an electrolytic cell, or on the electric condition of a vacuum has been applied in the various cymoscopes. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a natural family of Atlantic fishes comprising the sand stargazers.
Syn. -- family Dactyloscopidae. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; second + -scopy. ] 1. Second sight. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is seen at a second view; a meaning beyond the literal sense; the second intention; a hidden signification. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; transparent + -scope. ] (Photog.) A dark box constructed for viewing transparent pictures, with or without a lens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. di- = di`s- twice + &unr_; color + &unr_; to view. ] An instrument for examining the dichroism of crystals. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to the dichroscope, or to observations with it. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. Named after Dioscorides the Greek physician. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants, the roots of which are eaten as yams. See Yam. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. 1. a natural family of tuberous plants including the yams.
Syn. -- family Dioscoreaceae, yam family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; double + &unr_; image + -scope. ] (Astron.) An instrument for determining the time of apparent noon. It consists of two mirrors and a plane glass disposed in the form of a prism, so that, by the reflections of the sun's rays from their surfaces, two images are presented to the eye, moving in opposite directions, and coinciding at the instant the sun's center is on the meridian. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ebullire to boil up + -scope. ] (Phys. Chem.) An instrument for observing the boiling point of liquids, especially for determining the alcoholic strength of a mixture by the temperature at which it boils. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, sound + -scope. ] (Med.) An instrument for intensifying sounds produced by percussion of the thorax. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Electro- + Gr. &unr_; life + -scopy. ] (Biol.) A method of determining the presence or absence of life in an animal organism with a current of electricity, by noting the presence or absence of muscular contraction. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Electro- + -scope: cf. F. électroscope. ] (Physics) An instrument for detecting the presence of electricity, or changes in the electric state of bodies, or the species of electricity present, as by means of pith balls, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

Condensing electroscope (Physics), a form of electroscope in which an increase of sensibility is obtained by the use of a condenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to, or made by means of, the electroscope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Endo- + -scope. ] (Med.) An instrument for examining the interior of the body, consisting of a flexible tube with lenses and optical fibers permitting illumination of the interior site to be inspected, and visualization of the interior site from outside the body; it often has small surgical instruments attached to the end and manipulable from the outside, permitting biopsy or surgery. It is used as a non-invasive or minimally invasive tool for diagnosis or treatment, especially in organs having an external opening such as the rectum, the urethra, and the bladder. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to endoscopy or an endoscope. [ PJC ]

n. (Med.) The art or process of examination or treatment by means of an endoscope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Fluorescence + -scope. ] 1. (Phys.) An instrument for observing or exhibiting fluorescence. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Galvanic + -scope: cf. F. galvanoscope. ] (Elec.) An instrument or apparatus for detecting the presence of electrical currents, especially such as are of feeble intensity. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a galvanoscope. [ 1913 Webster ]