Definitions

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

  • noun See projector, below.

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Examples

  • So at that point he stretches a new canvas, sets up the balopticon, lays in his drawing again, does another color sketch, does another monochromatic underpainting, seals it, lays in his color, and then precedes to paint the final painting.

    “Soda Jerk” Not the Post Cover James Gurney 2009

  • The balopticon the projector he used to project his photos onto his canvas that he would then trace is an evil, inartistic, habit-forming, lazy and vicious machine!

    Wray Gunn James Gurney 2008

  • Crisco balopticon lysol, jello bellans, carborundum!

    Chapter 6. Tendencies in American. 3. Processes of Word-Formation Henry Louis 1921

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