Chromatoscope

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chromatoscope \Chro"ma*to*scope`\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, color +
     -scope.] (Astron.)
     A reflecting telescope, part of which is made to rotate
     eccentrically, so as to produce a ringlike image of a star,
     instead of a point; -- used in studying the scintillation of
     the stars.


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