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Webster 1913 Edition


Scotoscope

Sco′to-scope

(? or ?)
,
Noun.
[Gr.
σκότοσ
darkness +
-scope
.]
An instrument that discloses objects in the dark or in a faint light.
[Obs.]
Pepys.

Definition 2024


scotoscope

scotoscope

English

Noun

scotoscope (plural scotoscopes)

  1. An instrument that discloses objects in the dark or in a faint light.
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