hydroscope

American  

[hahy-druh-skohp] / ˈhaɪ drəˌskoʊp /

noun

1. an optical device for viewing objects below the surface of water.

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hydroscope British  

/ ˈhaɪdrəˌskəʊp, ˌhaɪdrəˈskɒpɪk /

noun

1. any instrument for making observations of underwater objects

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Other Word Forms

• hydroscopic adjective
• hydroscopical adjective
• hydroscopicity noun

Etymology

Origin of hydroscope

First recorded in 1670–80; hydro- ¹ + -scope

Example Sentences

Hydroscope, hī′dro-skōp, n. a kind of water-clock, consisting of a cylindrical graduated tube, from which the water escaped through a hole in the bottom.

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The former was a hydroscope, who fell into convulsions whenever he passed over running water.

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The muscles which would contract the fingers upon the arms of the stick, pass the shoulder; and it is worthy of remark that one of the medical men who witnessed the experiments made on Bleton the hydroscope, expressly alludes to a slight rising of the shoulders during the rotation of the divining rod.

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He calls it a hydroscope and describes it as having the form and size of a flute, and graduated in such wise that it can be used for determining the density of liquids.

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At work now in Vigo Bay is the latest of these explorers, an Italian, Pino by name, inventor of a submarine boat, a system of raising wreck, and a wonderful machine called a hydroscope for seeing and working at the bottom of the sea.

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