"chromatoscope" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chromatoscopes [plural]
Etymology: chromato- + -scope Etymology templates: {{confix|en|chromato|scope}} chromato- + -scope Head templates: {{en-noun}} chromatoscope (plural chromatoscopes)
  1. A reflecting telescope, part of which is made to rotate eccentrically, so as to produce a ringlike image of a star, instead of a point; used in studying the scintillation of the stars.

Inflected forms

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