anomaloscope
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sem-h₂-lo-sder. Ancient Greek ὁμᾰλός (homălós) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νώμᾰλος (ănṓmălos) Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō) German Anomaloskopder. English anomaloscope From German Anomaloskop, from Ancient Greek ἀνώμαλος (anṓmalos, “irregular, uneven”) (from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-, “a-, prefix meaning ‘not’”) + ὁμᾰλός (homălós, “even, level”)) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “to look, to look at; to examine, to inspect”) (from Proto-Indo-European *sḱop, ultimately from *speḱ- (“to see; to look, to observe”)).
- derived from *sḱop✻
- derived from ἀνώμαλος
- derived from Anomaloskop
Definitions
An instrument used to test for color blindness by measuring quantitative and qualitative…
An instrument used to test for color blindness by measuring quantitative and qualitative anomalies in color perception.
- For the differentiation between color vision defects of retinal origin and color defects as a result of optic nerve disease the determination of the neutral zone and anomaloscope examination are important.
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