introscope

English

Etymology

intro- +‎ -scope

Noun

introscope (plural introscopes)

1. An optical device similar to an endoscope, used in various industrial settings such as checking jet engines for cracks, observing nuclear reactors for cracks, or measuring the fat layer on a meat carcass.
   • 1959, “Nuclear Power: The Journal of British Nuclear Engineering”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 110:

     The useful life of the introscope could be limited by several factors: acquired radioactivity, failure of the lamp, and loss of transparency in the lenses caused by their darkening under gamma-radiation .

   • 1960, Chemical & Process Engineering, volume 41, page 11:

     The photograph shows the examination of the internal surface of a tube with a moving mirror, two-power magnification introscope.

   • 1962, New Scientist (volume 14, number 287, page 338)

     The picture shows the introscope mounted on a valve over one of the charging holes of the fast reactor.

   • 1975, Quarterly Review of Agricultural Economics - Volumes 28-31, page 31:

     The results show that, of the conductivity probe and the introscope, the latter instrument indicated a higher level of accuracy;

   • 1984, Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, page 512:

     These measurement were examined for their ability to predict the corresponding carcass introscope measurements.