noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A device used to collect dust particles, spores etc from the air for subsequent analysis.
2. 2
   A type of compressed air camera for making films, constructed by Polish inventor Kazimierz Prószyński in 1909

Synonyms

All synonyms

direction finderinstrument

Etymology

From aero- + -scope.

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