polyscope

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noun

A lens that has multiple facets and forms multiple images.

Similar
multiplying glass
OriginEnglish scope ← Italian scopo ← Late Latin scopus →
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Meanings

nounpolyscope (plural polyscopes)

plural polyscopes

  1. A lens that has multiple facets and forms multiple images.

    Synonyms: multiplying glass

  2. obsoletemedicineA device for viewing the cavities of the body.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA lens that has multiple facets and forms multiple images.

Similar
multiplying glass
Also see
multiplying glassmultiplying lens

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
  3. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
  4. Englishpoly-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*speḱ-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
  7. Proto-Hellenic*sképt͏̌omai
  8. Ancient Greekσκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
  9. Ancient Greekσκοπός (skopós)
  10. Late Latinscopus
  11. Italianscopo
  12. Englishscope
  13. Englishpolyscope

From poly- + scope.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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