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• magnifier of the image of small objects
Example sentence • Scientists use microscopes to observe tiny organisms.
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Example sentence • The technician relied on aeroscopes to assess the air quality in the laboratory.
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• a South African movie theater
Example sentence • She attended a lecture on the history of bioscopes .
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• A form of endoscope used to examine the ureter and the bladder.
Example sentence • The surgeon used cystoscopes during the bladder surgery.
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• measuring instrument that detects electric charge; two gold leaves diverge owing to repulsion of charges with like sign
Example sentence • The professor demonstrated the use of electroscopes in the physics lab.
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• a long slender medical instrument for examining the interior of a bodily organ or performing minor surgery
Example sentence • Modern endoscopes have high-definition cameras for clear visualization.
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• a stethoscope placed on the pregnant woman's abdomen to listen for the fetal heartbeat
Example sentence • Doctors use fetoscopes to listen to the baby's heartbeat in the womb.
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• an X-ray machine that combines an X-ray source and a fluorescent screen to enable direct observation
Example sentence • The hospital uses fluoroscopes to obtain real-time images of the patient's internal organs.
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• (physics) scientific instrument that traces the path of a charged particle
Example sentence • The hodoscope array is composed of several layers of scintillator hodoscopes .
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• a prediction of someone's future based on the relative positions of the planets
Example sentence • Some people believe that horoscopes can predict their future.
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• a complex pattern of constantly changing colors and shapes
Example sentence • She collected different kaleidoscopes from around the world.
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• a device invented by Edison that gave an impression of movement as an endless loop of film moved continuously over a light source with a rapid shutter; precursor of the modern motion picture
Example sentence • He collected old kinetoscopes as a hobby.
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• a slender endoscope inserted through an incision in the abdominal wall in order to examine the abdominal organs or to perform minor surgery
Example sentence • Doctors used laparoscopes to perform minimally invasive surgeries.
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• a medical instrument for examining the larynx
Example sentence • The hospital purchased new laryngoscopes for the operating room.
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• medical instrument consisting of a magnifying lens and light; used for examining the external ear (the auditory meatus and especially the tympanic membrane)
Example sentence • Doctors use otoscopes to examine the ear canal.
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• an optical instrument for spectrographic analysis
Example sentence • Scientists use spectroscopes to analyze the composition of distant stars.
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• scientific instrument that provides a flashing light synchronized with the periodic movement of an object; can make moving object appear stationary
Example sentence • The DJ used stroboscopes to create a mesmerizing light show.
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• an instrument that indicates whether two periodic motions are synchronous (especially an instrument that enables a pilot to synchronize the propellers of a plane that has two or more engines)
Example sentence • The synchroscopes indicated that the two generators were out of phase.
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Example sentence • Historically, thermoscopes were used before the invention of modern thermometers.
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Example sentence • The hospital purchased several new urethroscopes for their surgical department.
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Example sentence • According to historical records, anemoscopes were widely used in ancient Greek culture.
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Example sentence • Scientists use benthoscopes to study deep-sea ecosystems.
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Example sentence • She used diascopes to project her photographs onto a screen.
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Example sentence • We relied on hydroscopes to determine the water level in the lake.
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Example sentence • He collected vintage mutoscopes as a hobby.
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Example sentence • The surgeon used nephroscopes to examine the patient's kidney.
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• an ophthalmoscope with a layer of water to neutralize the refraction of the cornea
Example sentence • The ophthalmologist used orthoscopes to diagnose the patient's eye condition.
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Example sentence • Doctors use phonendoscopes to listen to patients' heartbeat.
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• an endoscope for examining the rectum
Example sentence • The doctor used proctoscopes to examine the patient's rectum.
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Example sentence • Doctors sometimes use pseudoscopes to test patients' visual perception.
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• a pyrometer that uses the color of the light emitted by a hot object
Example sentence • The pyroscopes in the lab were very sensitive and accurate.
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Example sentence • The sphygmoscopes in the doctor's office were all outdated.
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Example sentence • Astronomers use stauroscopes to observe and analyze the patterns of light emitted by celestial bodies.
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• Tennessee highschool teacher who violated a state law by teaching evolution; in a highly publicized trial in 1925 he was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow (1900-1970)
Example sentence • The stargazers gather in the observatory to view celestial bodies using powerful scopes .
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• light microscope that uses scattered light to show particles too small to see with ordinary microscopes
Example sentence • Scientists use ultramicroscopes to study microscopic organisms.
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• an informal expression for a mildly depressed state
Example sentence • He's been in the mopes all day.
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• street names for marijuana
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• take drugs to improve one's athletic performance
Example sentence • He sells dopes to high school students.
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• a specific instance of feeling hopeful
Example sentence • I have high hopes for the success of this project.
5 1 noun n Example sentence • The climber tied the ropes securely before scaling the mountain.
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• an elevated geological formation
Example sentence • The skiers navigated the steep slopes with ease.
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• only the silky anteater
Example sentence • The cyclopes were a race of one-eyed giants in Greek mythology.
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• birth-control campaigner who in 1921 opened the first birth control clinic in London (1880-1958)
Example sentence • The miners were working in the dark, narrow stopes .
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Example sentence • The boltropes on the sails ensured their stability in the strong winds.
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• run away secretly with one's beloved
Example sentence • She elopes with her boyfriend and gets married in secret.
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Example sentence • The sailors climbed down the footropes to board the ship.
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• the act of groping; and instance of groping
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• feel about uncertainly or blindly
Example sentence • He gropes in the dark for the light switch.
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Example sentence • The soldiers used nightscopes to see in the dark.
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