Look up: Kaleidoscope

1. kaleidoscope
   [n] - an optical toy in a tube
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2. kaleidoscope
   Optical toy consisting of a tube containing mirrors and pieces of coloured glass or paper, popular during the 19thC. Changing patterns appear when the tube is rotated.
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3. Kaleidoscope
   Ka·lei'do·scope noun [ Greek ... 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...
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4. kaleidoscope
   <instrument> An instrument invented by Sir David Brewster, which contains loose fragments of coloured glass, etc, and reflecting surfaces so arranged that changes of position exhibit its contents in an endless variety of beautiful colours and symmetrical forms. It has been much employed in art...
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5. kaleidoscope
   noun an optical toy in a tube; it produces symmetrical patterns as bits of colored glass are reflected by mirrors
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6. kaleidoscope
   noun a complex pattern of constantly changing colors and shapes
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7. Kaleidoscope
   • (n.) 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.
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8. kaleidoscope
   optical device consisting of mirrors that reflect images of bits of coloured glass in a symmetrical geometric design through a viewer. The design ... [1 related articles]
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9. kaleidoscope
   kaleidoscope 1. An optical toy consisting of a cylinder with mirrors and colored shapes inside that create shifting symmetrical patterns when the end is rotated. 2. A complex, colorful, and shifting pattern or scene. 3. A complex set of events or circumstances. 4. From early 19th century, Greek k...
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10. kaleidoscope
    kaleidoscope, kaleidoscopical An optical instrument, consisting of from two to four reflecting surfaces placed in a tube, at one end of which is a small compartment containing pieces of colored glass: on looking through the tube, numerous reflections of these are seen, producing brightly-colored sym...
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11. Kaleidoscope
    (language) An object-oriented language which mixes imperative programming and constraint-oriented features. Kaleidoscope was written by Freeman-Benson of the University of Washington, Universite de Nantes, 1989; University of Victoria, 1992. It is similar to Siri and vaguely related to Prose. Versi...
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12. kaleidoscope
    kaleidoscope (kulī'duskōp) , optical instrument that uses mirrors to produce changing symmetrical patterns. Invented by the Scottish physicist Sir David Brewster in 1816, the device is usually a hand-held tube, a few inches to as much as twelve feet in length, and looks like a small ...
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13. Kaleidoscope
    A kaleidoscope is an optical instrument which, by an arrangement of mirrors produces a symmetrical reflection of various transparent substances placed between them. It was invented by Sir David Brewster between 1814 and 1817. The ordinary kaleidoscope consists of a tube containing two glass plates a...
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14. kaleidoscope
    Optical toy consisting of a tube containing mirrors and pieces of coloured glass or paper, popular during the 19thC. Changing patterns appear when the tube is rotated .
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15. Kaleidoscope
    A `kaleidoscope` is a circle of mirrors containing loose, colored objects such as beads or pebbles and bits of glass. As the viewer looks into one end, light entering the other end creates a colorful pattern, due to the reflection off the mirrors. Coined in 1817 by Scottish inventor publisher=J. Mur...
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16. Kaleidoscope
    (US band) `Kaleidoscope` (originally The Kaleidoscope) was an American psychedelic folk and ethnic band who recorded 4 albums and several singles for Epic Records between 1966 and 1970. History: Formation: The group was formed in 1966. The original members were: :David Lindley (b. March 21, 1...
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17. Kaleidoscope
    (TV series) `Kaleidoscope` was a British television programme, transmitted on the BBC Television Service from 1946 until 1953. A light entertainment show, it was one of the most popular programmes of the immediate post-war era. The first episode was transmitted on 2 November 1946, and ...
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18. Kaleidoscope
    (disambiguation) A `kaleidoscope` is a tube of mirrors containing small colored objects. `Kaleidoscope` may also refer to: Computing : Film, television, and radio : Literature : Music : Albums : Songs : Business : See also :
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19. Kaleidoscope
    (programming language) The `Kaleidoscope programming language` is a constraint programming language embedding constraints into an imperative object-oriented language. References: --> --> ISBN 0-262-13341-5
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20. Kaleidoscope
    (UK radio series) `Kaleidoscope` was a long running BBC Radio 4 Arts programme that finished with the major schedule changes that occurred in April 1998, which saw it replaced with Front Row. History: When originally launched on 9 April 1973, in a re-organisation of the schedule...
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21. Kaleidoscope
    (UK band) `Kaleidoscope` were an English accessdate=8 July 2010-->--> The band`s songs were combining the elements of Psychedelic music|psychedelia with remarkable lyrics.<ref name="allmusic">|accessdate=17 November 2010-->--><ref name="marmalade">--> Other than as K...
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22. Kaleidoscope
    (Roland Grapow album) Name = Kaleidoscope| Type = Album | Artist = Roland Grapow | Cover =| Released = 1999 | Recorded = 1999 at Crazy Cat Studio, Tennessee| Genre = Heavy metal | Length = 56:33 (61:59)| Label = SPV / Steamhammer | Producer = Roland Grapow| Last album = The Four Seasons of Li...
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23. Kaleidoscope
    (novel) `Kaleidoscope` is a 1987 novel by Danielle Steel, published by Delacorte Press (see 1987 in literature). It was adapted into an NBC television movie in 1990 starring Jaclyn Smith and Perry King. Plot : The story revolves around three sisters born to a French mother and an Ameri...
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24. Kaleidoscope
    (film) `Kaleidoscope` is a 1966 British crime film starring Warren Beatty and Susannah York. Though not credited as such, the film is an adaptation of Ian Fleming`s novel Casino Royale, albeit with the James Bond character removed. Plot: The plot involves a plan to break into a playing...
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25. Kaleidoscope
    (newspaper) `Kaleidoscope` was an underground newspaper, founded by John Kois, radio dj Bob Reitman, and John Sahli (a member of The Shags), which was published in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from Oct. 6, 1967 to Nov. 11, 1971, printing 105 biweekly issues in all.<ref name=loc>http://chron...
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