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stereoscope en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈstɛɹioʊ̯skoʊ̯p/ (General-American)
  • stĕrēōskōp (General-American)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From stereo- + -scope.

Meanings

  1. An instrument used for viewing pairs of stereoscopic photographs (stereographs).
    • The idea has been repeated under different aspects; sometimes, possibly, it has been repeated too often; but different aspects in such a case do help, as in a stereoscope, to give solidity to the thing seen. 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 17:

Forms

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Deriveds

stereoscopist

Relateds

stereoview · stereoscopy · stereography · stereovision

Translations (4)

fr stéréoscope (an instrument used for viewing pairs of stereoscopic photographs) · es estereoscopio (an instrument used for viewing pairs of stereoscopic photographs) · ca estereoscopi (an instrument used for viewing pairs of stereoscopic photographs) · hu sztereoszkóp (an instrument used for viewing pairs of stereoscopic photographs)

wikidata: Q11723296