perspectograph

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noun

A specialized instrument used to render objects in perspective, available in a range of shapes and sizes.

OriginLatin perspectus →
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Meanings

nounperspectograph (plural perspectographs)

plural perspectographs

  1. artA specialized instrument used to render objects in perspective, available in a range of shapes and sizes.

Origin

  1. Latinperspectus
  2. Englishperspectograph

From Latin perspectus, past participle of perspicere (“to look through”) + -graph.

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APA

perspectograph. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perspectograph

MLA

“perspectograph.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perspectograph. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “perspectograph,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perspectograph.

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