Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A piece of colored glass interposed between the eye and the object-glass of an astronomical instrument, usually before the eyepiece, to reduce the apparent brightness of the sun or other object under observation.
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Examples
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Mr. Hodgson, at a distance of many miles, was at the same time sketching details of sun-spot structure by means of a solar eye-piece and shade-glass.
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