Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An instrument for detecting, studying, or applying X-rays. It consists usually of a fluorescent screen and accessories to facilitate the viewing of the same.
- noun A thin hammered-brass plate having an accurately bored smooth round hole, and so mounted that it can be adjusted to a camera to produce a pinhole camera.
- noun A form of spinthariscope (which see).
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Examples
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In his radioscope screen the Spirit of Terra now was visible as a tiny speeding dot with a ten-mile trail of incandescent gases astern.
"Neutral Vessel" by Harl Vincent, part 5 Johnny Pez 2009
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Two closely cropped heads came together before the radioscope screen.
"Neutral Vessel" by Harl Vincent, part 5 Johnny Pez 2009
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Two closely cropped heads came together before the radioscope screen.
Archive 2009-08-01 Johnny Pez 2009
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In his radioscope screen the Spirit of Terra now was visible as a tiny speeding dot with a ten-mile trail of incandescent gases astern.
Archive 2009-08-01 Johnny Pez 2009
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Immediately upon my arrival, I had prepared the virator for my journey back to Earth by substituting the projecting apparatus of the radioscope for the receiving apparatus.
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An ordinary telescope was attached to the huge tube of the radioscope, and with
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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.
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Since the discovery of the radioscope, which enabled us to see the people on your planet, Mars has yearned to give a helping hand to her younger sister.
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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.
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Earth was turned toward Mars, I searched with the radioscope until I got the response of your instrument.
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