Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An optical instrument, invented by Von Kobell of Munich, for examining sections of crystals, and determining the position in them of the planes of light-vibration.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Crystallog.) An optical instrument used in determining the position of the planes of light-vibration in sections of crystals.
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- noun crystallography An
optical instrument used in determining theposition of theplanes oflight -vibration in sections ofcrystals .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek for "cross" + -scope.
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