Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
sciascope .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A device for determining the refractive state of the eye by observing the movements of the retinal lights and shadows.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
retinoscope .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Greek skiā, shadow + –scope.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From σκιά (skia, "shadow") + -scope
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