catadioptricaladj.
= catadioptric adj.
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1672 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 7 4004 An Accompt of a New Catadioptrical Telescope invented by Mr. Newton.
1696 Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 215 Catoptrical or Dioptrical or Cata-dioptrical Machines.
1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic iv. 85 The apparatus..may be called the catadioptrical phantasmagoria, as it operates both by reflexion and refraction.
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