Meanings
nounstereoscope (plural stereoscopes)
plural stereoscopes
- An instrument used for viewing pairs of stereoscopic photographs (stereographs).
The idea has been repeated under different aspects; sometimes, possibly, it has been repeated too often; but different aspects in such a case do help, as in a stereoscope, to give solidity to the thing seen.
1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 17
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Catalan estereoscopi
- estereoscopian instrument used for viewing pairs of stereoscopic photographs
French stéréoscope
- stéréoscopean instrument used for viewing pairs of stereoscopic photographs
Hungarian sztereoszkóp
- sztereoszkópan instrument used for viewing pairs of stereoscopic photographs
Spanish estereoscopio
- estereoscopioan instrument used for viewing pairs of stereoscopic photographs
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