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Definition: prism telescope
Teinoscope
\Tei"no*scope\, n. [Gr. ? to extend + -scope.]
(Physics)
An instrument formed by combining prisms so as to correct the
chromatic aberration of the light while linear dimensions of
objects seen through the prisms are increased or diminished;
-- called also
prism telescope. --Sir D. Brewster.
[1913 Webster]