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digiscope

noun

Etymology

Blend of digital + telescope.

  1. derived from τηλεσκόπος
  2. derived from tēlescopium
  3. compounded as digiscope — “digital + telescope”

Definitions

  1. A digital camera coupled with an optical telescope for the recording of distant images.

    • The rubber at the eyepiece outer lens is soft and pliable, making it difficult for my digiscopes to firmly grip it and, hence, take pictures.

  2. A photograph taken with such a device.

    • The only known photographic evidence available is a series of extremely poor quality digiscopes I took on the morning of 21 October.

  3. To record distant images by coupling a digital camera with an optical telescope.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for digiscope. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA