Polemoscope

polemoscope

(Science: instrument) An opera glass or field glass with an oblique mirror arranged for seeing objects do not lie directly before the eye; called also diagonal, or side, opera glass.

Origin: Gr. War _ -scope: cf. F. Polemoscope.

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