About The Word Kaleidoscope
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Kaleidoscope
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What's The Definition Of Kaleidoscope?
[n] an optical toy in a tube; it produces symmetrical patterns as bits of colored glass are reflected by mirrors
Synonyms | Synonyms for Kaleidoscope: Related Terms | Find terms related to Kaleidoscope: Kaleidoscope In Webster's Dictionary \Ka*lei"do*scope\, n. [Gr. ? beautiful + ? form +
-scope.]
An instrument invented by Sir David Brewster, which contains
loose fragments of colored glass, etc., and reflecting
surfaces so arranged that changes of position exhibit its
contents in an endless variety of beautiful colors and
symmetrical forms. It has been much employed in arts of
design.
Shifting like the fragments of colored glass in the
kaleidoscope. --G. W. Cable.
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