radioscopen.
/ˈreɪdɪəskəʊp/, U.S. /ˈreɪdiəˌskoʊp/ An instrument used for radioscopy; spec. = fluoroscope n.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instruments for observing > [noun] > light or radiation
iriscope1841
spectroscope1861
photoscope1872
melanoscope1876
schistoscope1876
radioscope1896
spinthariscope1903
scintilloscope1904
streak camera1962
1896 Newark (Ohio) Daily Advocate 19 May 3/3 The radioscope has the Crookes tube and is provided with the fluorescent screen used by Edison, so that pictures are thrown upon a screen instead of a sensitive plate.
1908 Chem. Abstr. 2 229 (heading) The radioscope and the radiograph applied to the inspection of tubercular meats.
1953 J. Vernant Refugee in Post-War World xxviii. 706 At a certain moment in 1950..the criteria had been so tightened up that ‘nearly all the DPS [= displaced persons] presented were rejected. Every case of blood pressure a little below normal, every slightly abnormal radioscope reading,..is becoming a reason for rejection.’
1990 Mech. Engin. June 20/1 The high-resolution, real-time Sycoscan radioscope system..can inspect up to 100 cargo containers per hour.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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