altiscope

English

Etymology

From Latin altus (“high”) +‎ -scope.

Noun

altiscope (plural altiscopes)

An arrangement of lenses and mirrors making it possible to see around obstructing objects.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “altiscope”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

alopecist, copalites, scapolite