Definitions for periscopic

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periscopic per·i·scop·ic

Spelling: [per-uh-skop-ik]

IPA: /ˌpɛr əˈskɒp ɪk/

Periscopic is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 343 anagrams from letters in periscopic (cceiiopprs).

Definitions for periscopic

adjective

1. Optics. (of certain lenses in special microscopes, cameras, etc.) giving distinct vision obliquely, or all around, as well as, or instead of, in a direct line.
2. pertaining to periscopes or their use.

Origin of periscopic

1795-1805; Greek periskop(eîn) to look about (see peri-, -scope) + -ic

Examples for periscopic

Mr. Shelton, do you know anything about these periscopic binoculars?

Russ leaped from the chair and raced to the periscopic mirror.

The periscopic gun sight and the controls were on a level with the operator's eyes.

A pair of lenses thus equipped Dr. Wollaston called the periscopic microscope.

It didn't look like the periscopic eyes that those flying snakes had—looked more like a hexan eye, don't you think?

A very useful form of lens was proposed by Dr. Wollaston, and called by him the periscopic lens.