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单词 myrioscope
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myrioscopen.

Brit. /ˈmɪrɪəskəʊp/, U.S. /ˈmɪriəˌskoʊp/
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek μυρίος , -scope comb. form.
Etymology: < ancient Greek μυρίος countless (compare note at myria- comb. form) + -scope comb. form, perhaps after kaleidoscope n.
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.
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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).
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