"anomaloscope" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /əˈnɒmələʊskəʊp/ [Received-Pronunciation], /-lə-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈnɑməloʊskoʊp/ [General-American], /-lə-/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-anomaloscope.wav [Southern-England] Forms: anomaloscopes [plural]
Etymology: From German Anomaloskop, from Ancient Greek ἀνώμαλος (anṓmalos, “irregular, uneven”) (from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (a-, “a-, prefix meaning ‘not’”) + ὁμᾰλός (homalós, “even, level”)) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “to look, to look at; to examine, to inspect”) (from Proto-Indo-European *sḱop, ultimately from *speḱ- (“to see; to look, to observe”)). Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|Anomaloskop}} German Anomaloskop, {{der|en|grc|ἀνώμαλος||irregular, uneven}} Ancient Greek ἀνώμαλος (anṓmalos, “irregular, uneven”), {{der|en|grc|ᾰ̓-||a-, prefix meaning ‘not’}} Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (a-, “a-, prefix meaning ‘not’”), {{m|grc|ὁμᾰλός||even, level}} ὁμᾰλός (homalós, “even, level”), {{m|grc|σκοπέω||to look, to look at; to examine, to inspect}} σκοπέω (skopéō, “to look, to look at; to examine, to inspect”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*sḱop}} Proto-Indo-European *sḱop, {{m|ine-pro|*speḱ-||to see; to look, to observe}} *speḱ- (“to see; to look, to observe”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} anomaloscope (plural anomaloscopes)
  1. (ophthalmology) An instrument used to test for color blindness by measuring quantitative and qualitative anomalies in color perception. Categories (topical): Ophthalmology Derived forms: anomaloscopic, anomaloscopy Translations (instrument used to test for color blindness): anomaloscopio [masculine] (Galician), ანომალოსკოპი (anomalosḳoṗi) (Georgian), Anomaloskop [masculine] (German), anomaloscópio [masculine] (Portuguese)

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