PERISCOPIC

a.

1 definition — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


a.

Viewing all around, or on all sides. Periscopic spectacles (Opt.), spectacles having concavo-convex or convexo-concave lenses with a considerable curvature corresponding to that of the eye, to increase the distinctness of objects viewed obliquely.


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