Teinoscope

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

  Teinoscope \Tei"no*scope\, n. [Gr. ? to extend + -scope.]
     (Physics)
     An instrument formed by combining prisms so as to correct the
     chromatic aberration of the light while linear dimensions of
     objects seen through the prisms are increased or diminished;
     -- called also {prism telescope}. --Sir D. Brewster.


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