"borescope" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: borescopes [plural]
Etymology: From bore + -scope. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bore|scope}} bore + -scope Head templates: {{en-noun}} borescope (plural borescopes)
  1. An optical instrument used for seeing inside tight spaces, consisting of a rigid or flexible tube with an optical relay inside so that the view through a lens or window at one end of the tube may be seen from a lens or eyepiece in the opposite end of the tube. Wikipedia link: borescope Synonyms: boroscope Related terms: endoscope, periscope, videoscope

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