stereoscope
nounUS /ˈstɛɹioʊ̯skoʊ̯p/
Etymology From stereo- + -scope.
1
An instrument used for viewing pairs of stereoscopic photographs (stereographs).
- The idea has been repeated under different aspects; sometimes, possibly, it has been repeated too often; but different aspects in such a case do help, as in a stereoscope, to give solidity to the thing seen.1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 17:
- Derived terms
- stereoscopist
- Related terms
- stereography, stereoscopy, stereoview, stereovision