periscope

See also: Periscope and périscope

English

Naval officer using a periscope

Etymology

From peri- +‎ -scope.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɹɪskəʊp/
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Noun

periscope (plural periscopes)

A form of viewing device that allows the viewer to see things at a different height level and usually with minimal visibility.
- 1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., OCLC 18478577; republished as chapter IV, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Amazing Stories, volume 1, New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, 1927, OCLC 988016180:
  The waters grew suddenly lighter, and my spirits rose accordingly. I shouted down to those below that I saw daylight ahead, and a great shout of thanksgiving reverberated through the ship. A moment later we emerged into sunlit water, and immediately I raised the periscope and looked about me upon the strangest landscape I had ever seen.
(obsolete): A general or comprehensive view.
- 1885, Transactions of the Michigan State Medical Society‎, page 55:
  […] will show it not only enlarging the periscope of knowledge, but contributing to the amelioration of the condition of unfortunate and suffering humanity […]

Related terms

periscopic
periscopically

Translations

viewing device

Catalan: periscopi m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 潛望鏡／潜望镜 (zh) (qiánwàngjìng)
Czech: periskop (cs) m
Danish: periskop n
Dutch: periscoop (nl)
Esperanto: periskopo
Finnish: periskooppi (fi)
French: périscope (fr) m
Galician: periscopio m
German: Periskop (de) n
Greek: περισκόπιο (el) n (periskópio)
Ido: periskopo (io)
Italian: periscopio (it) m
Japanese: 潜望鏡 (せんぼうきょう, senbōkyō)
Korean: 잠망경 (ko) (jammanggyeong)
Malay: teropong corong, teropong hendap, teropong intip, periskop
Norwegian:
Bokmål: periskop n
Nynorsk: periskop n
Portuguese: periscópio (pt) m
Russian: периско́п (ru) m (periskóp)
Spanish: periscopio (es) m
Swedish: periskop (sv) n

Verb

periscope (third-person singular simple present periscopes, present participle periscoping, simple past and past participle periscoped)

(intransitive) To rise and peer around, in the manner of a periscope.
- 1951, National Geographic Magazine: Volume 99,
  Thousands of ungainly black-beaked heads would periscope and freeze in the direction of the approaching intruder.
- 1987, Field & Stream March 1987,
  The second summer I had a great deal of interest but weeks passed before I worked up the nerve to approach her, the confidence finally gained when I caught a queen snake that periscoped within reach, one of the last I ever saw swimming in Cross Creek.
- 2008, Doug Stamm, The Springs of Florida page 99
  Areas of barren sand are likely spots to look for its [the turtle's] periscoping head. Its fondness for the bottom is equally matched by its ability to quickly disappear and tunnel into it.
- 2010, Jim Moran, The Sentinel: A Wildfire Story page 236
  Her black and white head suddenly popped out from under the covers and periscoped around.

Anagrams

pericopes