epidiascope en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɛpɪˈdʌɪəskəʊp/ (UK)
Etymology
From epi- + dia- + -scope.
Meanings
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A projector that can project images of both opaque and transparent objects onto a screen.
But it was only the huge epidiascope which threw upon the farther wall the blazing and magnified images of the photographs which Nimrod himself was feeding into it one by one from an envelope.
1958, Lawrence Durrell, Balthazar:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| epidiascopes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |