Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An instrument invented by M. Beauvais which exhibits the phenomena connected with halos, parhelia, and the like.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun An instrument for exhibition or illustration of the phenomena of halos, parhelia, and the like.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun An instrument for exhibition or illustration of the phenomena of halos, parhelia, and the like.

Etymologies

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halo +‎ -scope

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