a. (Biol.) Relating to bacterioscopy;
a. Pertaining to the dichroscope, or to observations with it. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Relating to, or made by means of, the electroscope. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to endoscopy or an endoscope. [ PJC ]
n. [ L. episcopus bishop + caedere to kill. ] The killing of a bishop. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to a galvanoscope. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to gastroscopy. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Pertaining to the gyroscope; resembling the motion of the gyroscope. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. hygroscopique. ]
n. (Bot.) The property possessed by vegetable tissues of absorbing or discharging moisture according to circumstances. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to the inspection of the larynx; of or pertaining to the laryngoscope or laryngoscopy. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]
Why has not man a microscopic eye? Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. By the microscope; with minute inspection; in a microscopic manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Opt.) Giving an image in correct or normal proportions; giving a flat field of view;
a. [ Ozone + Gr.
a. Viewing all; taking a view of the whole. See under Camera. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Panto- + -scope + -ic. ] Literally, seeing everything; -- a term applied to eyeglasses or spectacles divided into two segments, the upper being designed for distant vision, the lower for vision of near objects. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. périscopique. ] Viewing all around, or on all sides. [ 1913 Webster ]
Periscopic spectacles (Opt.),
a. Of or pertaining to the photoscope or its uses. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Opt.) Of or pertaining to the polariscope; obtained by the use of a polariscope;
a. (Opt.) Of, pertaining to, or formed by, a pseudoscope; having its parts appearing with the relief reversed;
a. (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to rhinoscopy. [ 1913 Webster ]
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adv. In a telescopical manner; by or with the telescope. [ 1913 Webster ]
. A sight consisting of a small telescope, as on a compass or rifle. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
a. (Physics) Of or pertaining to the thermoscope; made by means of the thermoscope;