Meanings
nounmegalethoscope (plural megalethoscopes)
plural megalethoscopes
- historicalAn optical apparatus in which pictures are viewed through a large lens with stereoptical effects.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*méǵh₂s
- Proto-Hellenic*mégas
- Ancient Greekμέγᾰς (mégăs)
- Englishmega-
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Hellenic*ə-
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
- Ancient Greek*λῆθος (*lêthos)
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓ληθής (ălēthḗs)
- Ancient Greekἀλήθεια (alḗtheia)
- Proto-Indo-European*speḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
- Proto-Hellenic*sképt͏̌omai
- Ancient Greekσκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
- Ancient Greekσκοπός (skopós)
- Ancient Greekσκοπέω (skopéō)
- Englishalethoscope
- Englishmegalethoscope
From mega- + alethoscope.
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APA
megalethoscope. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/megalethoscope
MLA
“megalethoscope.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/megalethoscope. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “megalethoscope,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/megalethoscope.
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