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Stereopticon

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A magic lantern, especially one with two projectors arranged so as to produce dissolving views or combinations of images.

    "The stories did not seem to me to touch life. […] They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator."

Etymology

From stereo- (“three-dimensional”) + Ancient Greek ὀπτικός (optikós, “visual”).

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