stauroscope
Britishnoun
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- stauroscopic adjective
- stauroscopically adverb
Etymology
Origin of stauroscope
C19: from Greek stauros a cross + -scope
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The "stauroscope", an optical instrument for studying the crystal structure of minerals under polarized light, is also no longer used.
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