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Webster 1913 Edition
Otheoscope
O′the-o-scope
,Noun.
[Gr.
ὠθεῖν
to push + -scope
.] (Physics)
An instrument for exhibiting the repulsive action produced by light or heat in an exhausted vessel; a modification of the radiometer.
W. Crookes.
Definition 2024
otheoscope
otheoscope
English
Noun
otheoscope (plural otheoscopes)
- An instrument for exhibiting the repulsive action produced by light or heat in a vacuum; a modification of the radiometer.
- 2008, William Hodson Brock, William Crookes (1832-1919) and the Commercialization of Science
- In a generous gesture that soon turned sour, Crookes allowed Gimingham to make otheoscopes in his spare time and make a profit on them by selling them […]
- 2008, William Hodson Brock, William Crookes (1832-1919) and the Commercialization of Science