noctovisorn.
/ˈnɒktəˌvʌɪzə/, U.S. /ˈnɑktəˌvaɪzər/ Television. Now historical.
An electrical device which uses infrared illumination to view or record the images of objects in darkness or poor light.
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1927 Glasgow Herald 9 Apr. 10 An apparatus for penetrating fog at night, invented by Mr John L. Baird... With his ‘noctovisor’ Mr Baird recently demonstrated seeing in total darkness to a number of scientists.
1969 Electr. & Electronics Abstr. 72 265/1 Apart from the active noctovisors, passive instruments for low light levels are..gaining importance.
1988 New Scientist 10 Dec. 42/1 (caption) All night he [sc. Baird] experimented with infrared—his Noctovisor.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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