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per⋅i⋅scop⋅ic

  [per-uh-skop-ik]
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1. 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.
2. pertaining to periscopes or their use.
Also, per⋅i⋅scop⋅i⋅cal.

Origin:
1795–1805; < Gk periskop(eîn) to look about (see peri-, -scope ) + -ic
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per·i·scope   (pěr'ĭ-skōp')   
n.  Any of various tubular optical instruments that contain reflecting elements, such as mirrors and prisms, to permit observation from a position displaced from a direct line of sight.
per'i·scop'ic (-skŏp'ĭk), per'i·scop'i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj.
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Main Entry: peri·scop·ic
Pronunciation: "per-&-'skäp-ik
Function: adjective
: giving a distinct image of objects viewed obliquely aswell as those in a direct line
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periscopic per·i·scop·ic (pěr'ĭ-skŏp'ĭk)
adj.
Of, relating to, or permitting the observation of objects from positions in or out of the direct line of sight.

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