periscopic

[ per-uh-skop-ik ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Optics. (of certain lenses in special microscopes, cameras, etc.) giving distinct vision obliquely, or all around, as well as, or instead of, in a direct line.
pertaining to periscopes or their use.

1795–1805; < Greek periskop ( eîn ) to look about ( peri-, -scope ) + -ic

A pair of lenses thus equipped Dr. Wollaston called the periscopic microscope.

It didn't look like the periscopic eyes that those flying snakes had—looked more like a hexan eye, don't you think?

The periscopic gun sight and the controls were on a level with the operator's eyes.

A very useful form of lens was proposed by Dr. Wollaston, and called by him the Periscopic lens.

Mr. Shelton, do you know anything about these periscopic binoculars?

April 18, 2024petrichor

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