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A dark box constructed for viewing transparent pictures, with or without a lens.

Same as Dichroscope.

An instrument for examining the dichroism of crystals.

Pertaining to the dichroscope, or to observations with it.

An instrument for determining the time of apparent noon. It consists of two mirrors and a plane glass disposed in the form of a prism, so that, by the reflections of the sun's rays from their surfaces, two images are presented to the eye, moving in opposite directions, and coinciding at the instant the sun's center is…

ivision of acalephs or jellyfishes, including most of the large disklike species. -- Dis*coph"o*rous, a.

An instrument for observing the boiling point of liquids, especially for determining the alcoholic strength of a mixture by the temperature at which it boils.

An instrument for intensifying sounds produced by percussion of the thorax. Knight.

A method of determining the presence or absence of life in an animal organism with a current of electricity, by noting the presence or absence of muscular contraction.

ecies of electricity present, as by means of pith balls, and the like. Condensing electroscope (Physics), a form of electroscope in which an increase of sensibility is obtained by the use of a condenser.

Relating to, or made by means of, the electroscope.

An instrument for examining the interior of the rectum, the urethra, and the bladder.

The art or process of examining by means of the endoscope.

A kind of reflecting microscope. [Obs.]

Government of the church by bishops; church government by three distinct orders of ministers -- bishops, priests, and deacons -- of whom the bishops have an authority superior and of a different kind.

Governed by bishops; as, an episcopal church.

Pertaining to bishops, or government by bishops; episcopal; specifically, of or relating to the Protestant Episcopal Church.

The doctrine and usages of Episcopalians; episcopacy.

By episcopal authority; in an episcopal manner.

A bishop. [Obs.] Milton.