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Definition of Periscopic
1. a. Viewing all around, or on all sides.
Definition of Periscopic
1. Adjective. Relating to periscopes and their use. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Periscopic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Periscopic
1.
Viewing all around, or on all sides.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Periscopic
Literary usage of Periscopic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1832)
"On a periscopic Camera Obscura and Microscope. By William Hyde Wollaston, MD Sec.
... The same views which the author originally had of the periscopic ..."
2. Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society Annual Meeting by American Ophthalmological Society (1897)
"A better form of lens having the same optical power but being at the same time
periscopic, has the formula: Sph. + 2.00 O Cyl. — 1.oo, axis horizontal. ..."
3. Refraction, Including Muscle Imbalance and the Adjustment of Glasses by Royal Samuel Copeland, Adolph Ernest Ibershoff (1906)
"These objections are removed by the use of the periscopic lens. Meniscus Lens.—When
a periscopic lens has a deeper concave surface than 1.25 D. and a ..."
4. A Manual of the Diagnosis and Treatment of the Diseases of the Eye by Edward Jackson (1907)
"To prevent the undesirable effects of looking obliquely through a lens, the
periscopic form is to be adopted. (See p. 115 and p. 185. ..."
5. The Museum of Science and Art by Dionysius Lardner (1855)
"—14. In long sight.—15. The mounting of spectacles.—16. periscopic spectacles.—17.
Both eyes have not always the same power of vision. •—18. ..."
6. Spectacles and eyeglasses by Richard Jones Phillips (1908)
"periscopic Glasses.—In the effort to further apply the law requiring that the
plane of the lenses shall be perpendicular to the visual axes, we are met with ..."
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