stereopticon

[ster-ee-op-ti-kuhn, -kon, steer-]

noun

Optics.

1. a projector usually consisting of two complete lanterns arranged so that one picture appears to dissolve while the next is forming.

stereopticon

/ ˌstɛrɪˈɒptɪkən, ˌstɪər- /

noun

1. a type of projector with two complete units arranged so that one picture dissolves as the next is forming

Other Word Forms

• stereoptican adjective
• stereoptician noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of stereopticon¹

1860–65, stere(o)- + Greek optikón (neuter) optic

Word History and Origins

Origin of stereopticon¹

C19: from _stereo- + Greek optikon, neuter form of optikos _optic

Example Sentences

The effect is at once newfangled and old-fashioned, a mod stereopticon.

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As you might expect, the silent images do look like a turn-of-the-20th-century stereopticon in which, yes, the images and the people therein are actually moving.

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Along with hundreds of vacuum cleaners, Gorsuch began loading the first of an estimated 10,000 stereopticon cards - each one featuring a side-by-side pair of photographs that provide a 3-D image when seen through the hand-held set of lenses.

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A stereopticon slide in the exhibit shows people wearing rags and, with a few exceptions, barefoot.

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There were her stereopticon, her slides, her world globe—almost all the essentials of life, Miss Whitlaw said, disregarding food, clothes, and bedding.

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