epidiascope

[ep-i-dahy-uh-skohp]

noun Optics.

a type of magic lantern that projects the image of an opaque object onto a screen.

Origin of epidiascope

First recorded in 1900–05; epi- + dia- + -scope

Also called episcope.

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British Dictionary definitions for epidiascope

epidiascope

noun

an optical device for projecting a magnified image onto a screenSee also episcope

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