Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
catopter .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
catopter .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
catopter , or reflecting glass.
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Examples
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He supposes the catoptron to have been the same with the astrolabe.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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"Moschopalus," he says, "an ancient grammarian, mentions four instruments with which the astronomers of antiquity were accustomed to observe the stars -- the catoptron, the dioptron, the eisoptron and the enoptron."
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
oroboros commented on the word catoptron
A word, when written in uppercase, appears the same when reflected in a mirror: e.g., TOOT.
May 22, 2008