Definition of Iriscope

1. n. A philosophical toy for exhibiting the prismatic tints by means of thin films.

Definition of Iriscope

1. Noun. A philosophical toy for exhibiting the prismatic tints by means of thin films. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Iriscope

1. an instrument showing colours of a prism [n -S]

Medical Definition of Iriscope

1. A philosophical toy for exhibiting the prismatic tints by means of thin films. Origin: Iris + -scope. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Iriscope

iris dilator muscle
iris diseases
iris family
iris freckles
iris frill
iris neoplasms
iris pigmented epithelium
iris pits
iris scanning
irisate
irisated
irisates
irisating
irisation
irisations
iriscope (current term)
iriscopes
irised
irises
irish
irisin
irising
irislike
iritic
iritides
iritis
iritis glaucomatosa
iritises
irk
irked

Literary usage of Iriscope

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The boy's playbook of science by John Henry Pepper (1860)
"An extremely simple and pretty method of producing Newton's rings has been invented by B-eade, and is called " Reade's iriscope." A plate of glass of any ..."

2. The Chemist: A Monthly Journal of Chemical and Physical Science (1840)
"THE iriscope.» BY DR. READE. Dr. Reade exhibited an experiment, ... an instrument which he called an iriscope. A piece of black polished glass was rubbed ..."

3. The Chemist ; Or, Reporter of Chemical Discoveries and Improvements by Charles Watt (1840)
"THE iriscope.» BY OR. Hi Mil . ... exhibited an experiment, with an instrument which he called an iriscope. A piece of black polished glass was rubbed over ..."

4. The New Cabinet of Arts: A Series of Entertaining Experiments in Various by T. C. Thornton (1846)
"There have been gether by the Glasgow Asylum, 10850 i for the blind. THE iriscope. Dr. Beade has published to the British following experiment, ..."

5. The boy's playbook of science by John Henry Pepper (1860)
"An extremely simple and pretty method of producing Newton's rings has been invented by B-eade, and is called " Reade's iriscope." A plate of glass of any ..."

6. The Chemist: A Monthly Journal of Chemical and Physical Science (1840)
"THE iriscope.» BY DR. READE. Dr. Reade exhibited an experiment, ... an instrument which he called an iriscope. A piece of black polished glass was rubbed ..."

7. The Chemist ; Or, Reporter of Chemical Discoveries and Improvements by Charles Watt (1840)
"THE iriscope.» BY OR. Hi Mil . ... exhibited an experiment, with an instrument which he called an iriscope. A piece of black polished glass was rubbed over ..."

8. The New Cabinet of Arts: A Series of Entertaining Experiments in Various by T. C. Thornton (1846)
"There have been gether by the Glasgow Asylum, 10850 i for the blind. THE iriscope. Dr. Beade has published to the British following experiment, ..."

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