Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An optical instrument invented by Sir David Brewster, consisting of two prisms so combined as to correct the chromatic aberration, while the dimensions of objects seen through them are increased or decreased in the plane of refraction.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physics) An instrument formed by combining prisms so as to correct the chromatic aberration of the light while linear dimensions of objects seen through the prisms are increased or diminished; -- called also
prism telescope .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
instrument formed by combiningprisms so as to correct thechromatic aberration of the light whilelinear dimensions of objects seen through the prisms areincreased ordiminished
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek τείνω ("I extend") + -scope.
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