Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A form of telescope constructed for the purpose of copying landscapes, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A telescope with a diagonal eyepiece, suspended vertically in gimbals by the object end beneath a fixed diagonal plane mirror. It is used for delineating landscapes, by means of a pencil at the eye end which leaves the delineation on paper.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
telescope with adiagonal eyepiece , suspendedvertically ingimbals by the object end beneath a fixed diagonal planemirror . It is used fordelineating landscapes by means of an attachedpencil .
Etymologies
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Compare French opticographe.
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