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Webster 1913 Edition


Optigraph

Op′ti-graph

,
Noun.
[
Optic
+
-graph
: cf. F.
opticographe
. See
Optic
,
Adj.
]
A telescope with a diagonal eyepiece, suspended vertically in gimbals by the object end beneath a fixed diagonal plane mirror. It is used for delineating landscapes, by means of a pencil at the eye end which leaves the delineation on paper.

Definition 2024


optigraph

optigraph

English

Noun

optigraph (plural optigraphs)

  1. A telescope with a diagonal eyepiece, suspended vertically in gimbals by the object end beneath a fixed diagonal plane mirror. It is used for delineating landscapes by means of an attached pencil.