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radioscope

British  
/ ˈreɪdɪəʊˌskəʊp /

noun

  1. an instrument, such as a fluoroscope, capable of detecting radiant energy

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Its radioscope tracks a bugged automobile 240 km. away.

From Time Magazine Archive

For a moment he held the comb which she had dropped near the radioscope.

From The War Terror by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)

An ordinary telescope was attached to the huge tube of the radioscope, and with Almos' dexterity I soon located Earth through it, thus sighting the radioscope for that planet.

From Zarlah the Martian by Grisewood, R. Norman (Robert Norman)

You will not observe any image, owing to my having removed the lenses of the radioscope, but your instrument will glow in response to the current.

From Zarlah the Martian by Grisewood, R. Norman (Robert Norman)

The room was a small one, just large enough, indeed, to operate the radioscope, which was exactly the same as the one in the room I had just quitted.

From Zarlah the Martian by Grisewood, R. Norman (Robert Norman)

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