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peristrephic, a.|pɛrɪˈstrɛfɪk| [irreg. f. Gr. περιστρέϕειν to turn round + -ic. (The etymological form would be peristreptic.)] Turning round, revolving, rotatory (as a panorama). Also periˈstrephical a.
1827Blackw. Mag. XXII. 385 The whole visible nocturnal sphere is peristrephical. 1838Ibid. XLIII. 709 They accompany our ken like a peristrephic panorama. 1851J. Cairns Let. in MacEwan Life (1895) 351 Opening up a peristrephic picture of the Christian world. |