dip|lei|do|scope

dip|lei|do|scope
dip|lei|do|scope «dihp LY duh skohp», noun.
an instrument consisting of a pair of mirrors tilted toward each other at an angle slightly more than 90 degrees, and covered by a sheet of glass, which indicates the passage of the sun, a star, or satellite over the meridian, by the coincidence of two images of the object, one formed by single and the other by double reflection.
[< Greek diplóos double + eîdos form + English -scope]

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