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periscope en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈpeɹɪskəʉp/ (Australia)
• /ˈpɛɾɪskop/ (Scotland)
• /ˈpeɹəskɐʉp/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈpɛɹɪskəʊp/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈpɛɹɪskoʊp/ (General-American)
• /ˈpɛɾɪskoːp/ (Wales) without the toe–tow merger

Etymology

Formed in English from peri- + -scope.

Meanings

1. A form of viewing device that allows the viewer to see things at a different height level and usually with minimal visibility.
   • The waters grew suddenly lighter, and my spirits rose accordingly. I shouted down to those below that I saw daylight ahead, and a great shout of thanksgiving reverberated through the ship. A moment later we emerged into sunlit water, and immediately I raised the periscope and looked about me upon the strangest landscape I had ever seen. 1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter IV, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Amazing Stories, (please specify |part=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, 1927, →OCLC:
2. (obsolete) A general or comprehensive view.
   • […] will show it not only enlarging the periscope of knowledge, but contributing to the amelioration of the condition of unfortunate and suffering humanity […] 1885, Transactions of the Michigan State Medical Society, page 55:

Forms

Deriveds

periscopism

Relateds

circumspect · periscopic · periscopically

Translations (26)

ms periskop (viewing device) · ms teropong hendap (viewing device) · ca periscopi (viewing device) · nn periskop (viewing device) · nl periscoop (viewing device) · ko 잠망경 (viewing device) · sv periskop (viewing device) · de Periskop (viewing device) · pt periscópio (viewing device) · nb periskop (viewing device) · io periskopo (viewing device) · ja 潜望鏡 (viewing device) · it periscopio (viewing device) · cs periskop (viewing device) · eo periskopo (viewing device) · fi periskooppi (viewing device) · da periskop (viewing device) · cmn 潛望鏡 /潜望镜 (viewing device) · gl periscopio (viewing device) · ms teropong corong (viewing device) · es periscopio (viewing device) · id periskop (viewing device) · ms teropong intip (viewing device) · fr périscope (viewing device) · el περισκόπιο (viewing device) · ru периско́п (viewing device)

periscope en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈpeɹɪskəʉp/ (Australia)
• /ˈpɛɾɪskop/ (Scotland)
• /ˈpeɹəskɐʉp/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈpɛɹɪskəʊp/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈpɛɹɪskoʊp/ (General-American)
• /ˈpɛɾɪskoːp/ (Wales) without the toe–tow merger

Etymology

Formed in English from peri- + -scope.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To rise and peer around, in the manner of a periscope.
   • Her black and white head suddenly popped out from under the covers and periscoped around. 2010, Jim Moran, The Sentinel: A Wildfire Story, page 236:
   • Areas of barren sand are likely spots to look for its [the turtle's] periscoping head. Its fondness for the bottom is equally matched by its ability to quickly disappear and tunnel into it. 2008, Doug Stamm, The Springs of Florida, page 99:
   • The second summer I had a great deal of interest but weeks passed before I worked up the nerve to approach her, the confidence finally gained when I caught a queen snake that periscoped within reach, one of the last I ever saw swimming in Cross Creek. 1987, Field & Stream March 1987:
   • Thousands of ungainly black-beaked heads would periscope and freeze in the direction of the approaching intruder. 1951, National Geographic Magazine: Volume 99:

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