单词 | myrioscope |
释义 | myrioscopen. rare. Now historical. A kind of kaleidoscope in which patterns are produced by continuous movement of a flat object of fixed design, such as a piece of embroidery, in front of an arrangement of mirrors. ΚΠ 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1504/2 Myrioscope, this is a variation of the kaleidoscope, and..depends upon the multiplication of images, which coalesce in such manner as to form a geometrical pattern. 1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake i.127 Shows Early English tracemarks and a marigold window with manigilt lights, a myrioscope, two remarkable piscines and three wellworthseeing ambries. 2002 www.londonart.co.uk 8 Nov. (O.E.D. Archive) Education:..Myrioscope Gallery, Brighton, East Sussex.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1875 |
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