diascope
English
Etymology
From dia- + -scope.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdaɪəskəʊp/
Noun
diascope (plural diascopes)
- A projector used for projecting transparencies.
- 1982, International Broadcast Engineer: IBE. - Volumes 181-196:
- The diascope test pattern reference for automatic setup is a transparency (Figure 3), built into all TK47B lenses.
- 2004, M. Vanaja, Methods Of Teaching Physics, →ISBN, page 90:
- When it is used to project a slide then at serves as a diascope.
- 2010, Elizabeth A. Martin, A Dictionary of Science, →ISBN, page 663:
- The diascope passes light through the two-dimensional object (such as a photographic transparency, slide, or film) and uses a converging projection lens to form an enlarged image on a distant screen.
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- (medicine) A flat piece of glass or transparent plastic, used to examine lesions in the skin
- 1898, “Cutaneous Tuberculosis by Auto-infection”, in Indiana Medical Journal:
- The diascope (a flat piece of glass) was used to press out the blood and expose the apple-jelly points of marginal growth.
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French
Etymology
First attested in the 20th century. From dia- + -scope.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /djas.kɔp/
Noun
diascope m (plural diascopes)
- overhead projector
Further reading
- “diascope”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.