单词 | polyscope |
释义 | polyscopen.ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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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