Chromatoscope

Chromatoscope
Chromatoscope Chro"ma*to*scope`, n. [Gr. ?, ?, color + -scope.] (Astron.) A reflecting telescope, part of which is made to rotate eccentrically, so as to produce a ringlike image of a star, instead of a point; -- used in studying the scintillation of the stars. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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