pseudoscope

[ soo-duh-skohp ]
/ ˈsu dəˌskoʊp /

noun

an optical instrument for producing an image in which the depth or relief of an object is reversed.
Compare stereoscope.

Origin of pseudoscope

First recorded in 1850–55; pseudo- + -scope

Words nearby pseudoscope

pseudosarcoma, pseudoscalar, pseudoscarlatina, pseudoscience, pseudosclerosis, pseudoscope, pseudoscopy, pseudoscorpion, pseudosentence, pseudosmia, pseudosolution

Example sentences from the Web for pseudoscope

  • The pseudoscope which produces effects opposite to those of the stereoscope is an interesting device.

    Visual Illusions |Matthew Luckiesh

  • Of course in this practical age the inquiry is put—Of what use is the stereoscope or pseudoscope?

    Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 426 |Various