ˈscotoscope rare
[f. Gr. σκότο-ς darkness + -scope.]
An instrument which enables the user to see in the dark.
| 1664 Pepys Diary 13 Aug., There comes also Mr. Reeve with a microscope and scotoscope..a curious curiosity it is to discover objects in a dark room with. c 1670 Collins in Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men (1841) II. 291 The perfection of telescopes, microscopes, scotoscopes, and burning glasses. 1964 Applied Optics III. 671 The scotoscope can be arranged to give a color presentation; however, when this is done, it is at the expense of a fairly high percentage of the photons incident from the scene. |