"kaleidograph" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: kaleidographs [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek καλός (kalós, “beautiful”) + -graph. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|καλός||beautiful}} Ancient Greek καλός (kalós, “beautiful”), {{suffix|en||graph}} + -graph Head templates: {{en-noun}} kaleidograph (plural kaleidographs)
  1. A late 19th or early 20th century device for duplicating documents that use colored ink, consisting of a tray with a rubbery substance that takes an impression of the document and then transfers it onto blank sheets of paper.
    Sense id: en-kaleidograph-en-noun-cytF~EsY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -graph Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 23 13 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -graph: 66 21 14
  2. A device for projecting the colorful patterns produced by a kaleidoscope.
    Sense id: en-kaleidograph-en-noun-yL8bKNOe
  3. (figurative) A changing visual display. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-kaleidograph-en-noun-IJqUBzuj

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