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periscopic
[ per-uh-skop-ik ]
adjective
- Optics. (of certain lenses in special microscopes, cameras, etc.) giving distinct vision obliquely, or all around, as well as, or instead of, in a direct line.
- pertaining to periscopes or their use.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of periscopic1
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Example Sentences
A pair of lenses thus equipped Dr. Wollaston called the periscopic microscope.
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It didn't look like the periscopic eyes that those flying snakes had—looked more like a hexan eye, don't you think?
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The periscopic gun sight and the controls were on a level with the operator's eyes.
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A very useful form of lens was proposed by Dr. Wollaston, and called by him the Periscopic lens.
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Mr. Shelton, do you know anything about these periscopic binoculars?
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