Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A reflecting optical glass or instrument; a mirror. Also catoptron.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A reflecting optical glass or instrument; a mirror.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete A reflecting optical glass or instrument; a mirror.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek κάτοπτρον (katoptron, "mirror").

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