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Webster 1913 Edition
Kaleidoscope
Ka-lei′do-scope
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] beautiful +
εἶδοσ
form + -scope
.] An instrument invented by
Sir David Brewster
, which contains loose fragments of colored glass, etc., and reflecting surfaces so arranged that changes of position exhibit its contents in an endless variety of beautiful colors and symmetrical forms. It has been much employed in arts of design. Definition 2024
kaleidoscope
kaleidoscope
See also: kaléidoscope
English
A design seen in the kaleidoscope
The tube of a kaleidoscope
Alternative forms
Noun
kaleidoscope (plural kaleidoscopes)
- A tube of mirrors containing loose coloured beads etc. that is rotated to produce a succession of symmetrical designs.
- A constantly changing set of colours, or other things.
Translations
tube of mirrors rotated to produce symmetrical designs
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constantly changing set
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Derived terms
External links
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kaleidoscope on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Verb
kaleidoscope (third-person singular simple present kaleidoscopes, present participle kaleidoscoping, simple past and past participle kaleidoscoped)
- (intransitive) To move in shifting patterns.
References
- 1 2 “kaleidoscope” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).