What does hydroscope mean?
Definitions for hydroscope
hy·dro·scope
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hydroscopenoun
A device for viewing objects below the surface of the water.
Webster Dictionary
Hydroscopenoun
an instrument designed to mark the presence of water, especially in air
Hydroscopenoun
a kind of water clock, used anciently for measuring time, the water tricking from an orifice at the end of a graduated tube
Etymology: [Hydro-, 1 + -scope.]
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Hydroscope
The word hydroscope is used to mean any of several instruments related to water. One kind is an instrument for seeing below the surface of water, such as a long tube fitted with various lenses so arranged that objects lying at the bottom can be reflected upon a screen on the deck of the ship that carries it. Despite common belief Hypatia did not invent the hydroscope. Although others do believe that the Hypatia did help other inventors to built the instrument.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Hydroscope
hī′dro-skōp, n. a kind of water-clock, consisting of a cylindrical graduated tube, from which the water escaped through a hole in the bottom. [Gr. hydōr, water, skopein, to view.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of hydroscope in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of hydroscope in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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