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Definition: ALTISCOPE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. An arrangement of lenses and mirrors which enables a person to see an object in spite of intervening objects.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Altiscope" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Altiscope \Al"ti*scope\, noun. [Latin expression altus high Greek expression to view.]. (references)

Definition: ALTISCOPE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. An arrangement of lenses and mirrors which enables a person to see an object in spite of intervening objects.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "ALTISCOPE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Altiscope \Al"ti*scope\, noun. [Latin expression altus high Greek expression to view.]. (references)