stereoscope

See also: stéréoscope

English

Etymology

From stereo- +‎ -scope.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) enPR: stĕrēōskōp, IPA(key): /ˈstɛɹioʊ̯skoʊ̯p/
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Noun

stereoscope (plural stereoscopes)

  2. An instrument used for viewing pairs of stereoscopic photographs (stereographs).
    • 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 17:
      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.

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