pseudoscope

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noun

An optical instrument that reverses perception of depth.

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Meanings

nounpseudoscope (plural pseudoscopes)

plural pseudoscopes

  1. engineeringAn optical instrument that reverses perception of depth.

    One could easily do this with stereo photographs, but one could also do it by making a pseudoscope, with a short cardboard tube and mirrors, […]

    2001, Oliver Sacks, Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood

Origin

From pseudo- + -scope.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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