polemoscope

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noun

opera glasses or field glasses with an oblique mirror arranged for seeing objects that do not lie directly in front.

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Meanings

nounpolemoscope (plural polemoscopes)

plural polemoscopes

  1. opera glasses or field glasses with an oblique mirror arranged for seeing objects that do not lie directly in front.

Origin

From Greek Monster Polemos (the embodiment of war) + -scope. Compare French polémoscope. By surface analysis, polemo- + scope.

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APA

polemoscope. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polemoscope

MLA

“polemoscope.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polemoscope. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “polemoscope,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polemoscope.

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