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EPIDIASCOPE

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ep⋅i⋅di⋅a⋅scope

[ep-i-dahy-uh-skohp]
–noun Optics.
a type of magic lantern that projects the image of an opaque object onto a screen.
Also called episcope.


Origin:
1900–05; epi- + dia- + -scope
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ep·i·di·a·scope   (ěp'ĭ-dī'ə-skōp')   
n.  A machine for projecting the images of opaque objects or transparencies on a screen.

[epi- + dia- + -scope.]
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