episcotister
noun
ep·i·sco·tis·ter
ˌepəskōˈtistə(r)
plural -s
: a device for reducing the intensity of light in known ratio by means of rapidly rotating opaque and transparent sectors
Word History
Etymology
from (assumed) Greek episkotistos (verbal of Greek episkotizein to shadow, darken, from epi- + skotizein to darken, from skotos dark + -izein -ize) + English -er
- foreshorten
- foreshortened
- foreshortening
- foreshortenings
- foreshortens
- foreshot
- foreshow
- foreshowed
- foreshower
- foreshowing
- foreshown
- foreshows
- foreside
- foresides
- foresight
- foresighted
- foresightedly
- foresightedness
- foresightednesses
- foresightful
- foresightfulnesses
- foresightless
- foresightlessness
- foresights
- laminiplantar