Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A device equipped with a fluorescent screen on which the internal structures of an optically opaque object, such as the human body, may be continuously viewed as shadowy images formed by the differential transmission of x-rays through the object.
- transitive verb To examine the interior of (an object) with a fluoroscope.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An aparatus designed for observing the effect of the Röntgen rays by means of their action on a fluorescent substance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Phys.) An instrument for observing or exhibiting fluorescence.
- noun (Physics) A fluorescent screen, with hood to protect the eyes, used for observing the shadows cast by objects placed in the path of the X rays.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a device used to view
continuous live X-ray images on afluorescent screen
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an X-ray machine that combines an X-ray source and a fluorescent screen to enable direct observation
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Examples
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Roger D. Landon, attorney for Douglass, contends Gooding's failure to use a fluoroscope was a key factor in Neel's death.
unknown title 2009
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A fluoroscope, mounted near the floor and enclosed in a shielded box, revealed an image of our feet within the shoes on a fluorescent screen that we could see, assuring a proper fit while radiation leaked into the surrounding area.
William Spear: Adapting to a New World of Invisible Toxins William Spear 2011
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A fluoroscope, mounted near the floor and enclosed in a shielded box, revealed an image of our feet within the shoes on a fluorescent screen that we could see, assuring a proper fit while radiation leaked into the surrounding area.
William Spear: Adapting to a New World of Invisible Toxins William Spear 2011
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“By taking advantage of this ‘fluoroscope effect,’ we managed to pick up a surprisingly large volume of interior data via the passive sensors on the probes.”
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010
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It had to be done in the x-ray room under the fluoroscope, so they can watch what they were doing.
Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010
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“By taking advantage of this ‘fluoroscope effect,’ we managed to pick up a surprisingly large volume of interior data via the passive sensors on the probes.”
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010
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“By taking advantage of this ‘fluoroscope effect,’ we managed to pick up a surprisingly large volume of interior data via the passive sensors on the probes.”
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010
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Demonstrations of guided missiles, of a patient taking what looks like a Barium swallow in front of a fluoroscope, and the father taking home movies of his child with a video camera and playing them back on his TV all give us pause to remember that whatever good or not-so-good aspects of our present-day lives, we stand on the shoulders of people who were true visionaries more than 50 years ago.
Archive 2009-06-01 Jacqueline T Lynch 2009
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Demonstrations of guided missiles, of a patient taking what looks like a Barium swallow in front of a fluoroscope, and the father taking home movies of his child with a video camera and playing them back on his TV all give us pause to remember that whatever good or not-so-good aspects of our present-day lives, we stand on the shoulders of people who were true visionaries more than 50 years ago.
The Future is Now - 1955 Jacqueline T Lynch 2009
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Detaching the brush or comb component reveals the weapon, but the all plastic construction makes the weapon invisible to x-rays or a fluoroscope.
Step back from the hairbrush or I’ll shoot « BuzzMachine 2008
oroboros commented on the word fluoroscope
The main component of those machines used years ago in shoe stores to assist in fitting shoes to your feet (and now outlawed). More info here.
September 15, 2007
john commented on the word fluoroscope
Great link. For a moment I thought you were talking about the brannock device.
September 15, 2007