scioptics
noun plural but usually singular in construction
sci·op·tics
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: the art or process of exhibiting luminous images (as of external objects) in a darkened room by arrangements of lenses or mirrors
Word History
First Known Use
1708, in the meaning defined above
- lantern gurnard
- lantern jaw
- lantern light
- lantern pinion
- lantern ring
- lantern shell
- lantern slide
- lantern sprat
- lantern-jawed
- lanterned
- lanternfishes
- lanternflies
- lanternflyes
- lanternflys
- lanterning
- lanternists
- lanternleaf
- lanternman
- lanternmen
- lanterns
- lanthana
- lanthanide
- lanthanide contraction
- lanthanide series
- lanthanides