borescope
English
Alternative forms
- boroscope
Etymology
bore + -scope
Noun
borescope (plural borescopes)
- An optical instrument used for seeing inside tight spaces, consisting of a rigid or flexible tube with an optical relay inside so that the view through a lens or window at one end of the tube may be seen from a lens or eyepiece in the opposite end of the tube.
See also
- endoscope
- periscope
- videoscope