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单词 megascope
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megascopen.

Brit. /ˈmɛɡəskəʊp/, U.S. /ˈmɛɡəˌskoʊp/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mega- comb. form, -scope comb. form.
Etymology: < mega- comb. form + -scope comb. form. Compare French mégascope (1700). Compare earlier microscope n., megaloscope n.
Now historical.
A form of camera obscura or magic lantern which casts a magnified reflected image of a small opaque object on to a screen. Cf. epidiascope n.
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lucernal microscope1743
megascope1831
oxyhydrogen microscope1839
physioscope1844
aphengescope1869
sciopticon1870
stereopticon1875
anarithmoscope1882
tri-unial1891
triple1892
episcope1909
1831 D. Brewster Treat. Optics xl. §192 A modification of the camera obscura called the megascope is intended for taking magnified drawings of small objects placed near the lens.
a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. II. 1419/1 Megascope, a solar microscope in which the objects are opaque and illuminated in front by reflecting mirrors.
1893 Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. 40 798 Pictures projected upon the screen by means of the megascope or aphengescope lantern.
1899 Science 7 Apr. 519/2 The instrument used is a megascope made by Fuess.
1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. at Lantern Various devices for the projection of opaque objects have been employed, and reflecting lanterns are known under various names, such as the megascope, an early form, the reflectoscope, and the epidiascope.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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