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pseudoscope

[ soo-duh-skohp ]
/ ˈsu dəˌskoʊp /
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noun
an optical instrument for producing an image in which the depth or relief of an object is reversed.
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Origin of pseudoscope

First recorded in 1850–55; pseudo- + -scope

Words nearby pseudoscope

pseudoprostyle, pseudorabies, pseudorandom, pseudoscalar, pseudoscience, pseudoscope, pseudoscopy, pseudoscorpion, pseudosentence, pseudosolution, pseudosphere
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How to use pseudoscope in a sentence

  • Of course in this practical age the inquiry is put—Of what use is the stereoscope or pseudoscope?

    Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 426|Various

  • The pseudoscope which produces effects opposite to those of the stereoscope is an interesting device.

    Visual Illusions|Matthew Luckiesh
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