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单词 polyscope
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polyscopen.

Brit. /ˈpɒlɪskəʊp/, U.S. /ˈpɑliˌskoʊp/, /ˈpɑləˌskoʊp/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: poly- comb. form, -scope comb. form.
Etymology: < poly- comb. form + -scope comb. form. In sense 2 after French polyscope (1878 or earlier in this sense). In sense 3 after kinetoscope n. at kineto- comb. form . Compare ancient Greek πολύσκοπος far-seeing.
1. A lens that is plane on one side and is cut into many plane facets on the other, multiplying the image of an object; also called polyhedron, polyoptron. Cf. multiplying-glass n. 2. Obsolete.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > magnification or magnifying instruments > [noun] > multiplying glass
multiplying-glass1628
polyscope1684
polyhedron1721
polyoptron1728
1684 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 14 483 As by Polyscopes or Multiplying Glasses, one thing is represented to the Eye as many,..so by a Polyphone or Polyacoustick well order'd one Sound may be heard as many.
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Polyscopes, or Multiplying Glasses, are such as represent to the Eye one Object as many.
1853 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art (ed. 3) 964/2 The polyscope may be used to collect the images of several dispersed objects into a single point.
2. Medicine. An apparatus incorporating an electric light for illuminating cavities of the body, as the ear, larynx, etc. Obsolete.
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the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > examination > [noun] > by physical means > of specific parts or using specific instruments > specific examining instruments
speculum1598
diopter1706
otoscope1853
stomatoscope1853
laparoscope1855
cardioscope1856
sphygmoscope1856
stereoscope1857
laryngoscope1860
pharyngoscope1861
rhinoscope1861
autolaryngoscope1863
vaginoscope1863
oesophagoscope1868
photophore1871
rectoscope1871
endoscope1872
autoscope1873
glottiscope1876
polyscope1878
duck-bill speculum1879
tracer1882
diaphanoscope1883
gastroscope1888
cystoscope1889
kinetoskotoscope1896
photoscope1896
proctoscope1896
bronchoscope1899
sigmoidoscope1900
arthroscope1925
peritoneoscope1939
toposcope1951
fibrescope1954
mediastinoscope1966
fetoscope1968
angioscope1980
1878 Telegr. Jrnl. 6 313/1 M. Trouvé has recently presented to the Societé [sic] de Physique a new apparatus, named the Polyscope, designed to illuminate the cavities of the human body.
1881 Eng. Mechanic 18 Feb. 562/1 M. Trouvé described his polyscope, an apparatus for examining cavities of the body with the aid of incandescent platinum.
3. U.S. Film. A type of film projector based on the same principles as Edison's Kinetoscope. Cf. kinetoscope n. (b) at kineto- comb. form . Now hist.First produced in 1896 by William Selig (1864–1948), and used by his film production company the Selig Polyscope Company until 1918.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > projection > [noun] > apparatus for projecting films
kinematoscope1861
tachyscope1889
kinetoscope1894
kinematograph1895
mutoscope1895
biograph1896
cinematograph1896
cinematoscope1896
kinetophone1896
theatroscope1896
vitascope1896
bioscope1897
polyscope1900
cinema1908
cinephone1909
cine projector1916
animatograph1919
1900 Chicago Tribune 30 July 7/4 The Polyscope shows moving pictures of the Cook County Democratic Marching club on parade and other views.
1926 Amer. Speech 1 358/2 The Vitagraph, the Biograph and Polyscope, the Animatiscope,..swiftly followed, all mechanical offspring of the Edison Kinetograph [sic].
1954 N.Y. Times 21 Feb. ii. 4/1 A wall contains neat rows of projectors, each a milestone in the history of films... In the 1897 section..a Selig ‘Polyscope’, a Jenkins ‘Phantoscope’, and a Colt ‘Criteriascope’.
1999 M. Wallis Real Wild West xxx. 341 With assistance from a machinist friend, Selig developed what became known as the Selig Standard Camera and the Selig Polyscope, a film projector.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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