Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An instrument for detecting, studying, or applying X-rays. It consists usually of a fluorescent screen and accessories to facilitate the viewing of the same.
  • noun A thin hammered-brass plate having an accurately bored smooth round hole, and so mounted that it can be adjusted to a camera to produce a pinhole camera.
  • noun A form of spinthariscope (which see).

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Examples

  • In his radioscope screen the Spirit of Terra now was visible as a tiny speeding dot with a ten-mile trail of incandescent gases astern.

    "Neutral Vessel" by Harl Vincent, part 5 Johnny Pez 2009

  • Two closely cropped heads came together before the radioscope screen.

    "Neutral Vessel" by Harl Vincent, part 5 Johnny Pez 2009

  • Two closely cropped heads came together before the radioscope screen.

    Archive 2009-08-01 Johnny Pez 2009

  • In his radioscope screen the Spirit of Terra now was visible as a tiny speeding dot with a ten-mile trail of incandescent gases astern.

    Archive 2009-08-01 Johnny Pez 2009

  • Immediately upon my arrival, I had prepared the virator for my journey back to Earth by substituting the projecting apparatus of the radioscope for the receiving apparatus.

    Zarlah the Martian

  • An ordinary telescope was attached to the huge tube of the radioscope, and with

    Zarlah the Martian

  • The room was a small one, just large enough, indeed, to operate the radioscope, which was exactly the same as the one in the room I had just quitted.

    Zarlah the Martian

  • Since the discovery of the radioscope, which enabled us to see the people on your planet, Mars has yearned to give a helping hand to her younger sister.

    Zarlah the Martian

  • You will not observe any image, owing to my having removed the lenses of the radioscope, but your instrument will glow in response to the current.

    Zarlah the Martian

  • Earth was turned toward Mars, I searched with the radioscope until I got the response of your instrument.

    Zarlah the Martian

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