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   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.
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   kaleidoscope
   [n] - an optical toy in a tube
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   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. Versions: Kaleidoscope '90 and Kaleidoscope '91. ['Kale...
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   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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   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 in an endless variety of beautiful colors and symmetrical forms. It has been much employed in arts of design. « Shifting like the fragments of c ...
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   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 arts of design. 'Shifting like the fragments of colou ...
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   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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   kaleidoscope
   noun a complex pattern of constantly changing colors and shapes
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   Kaleidoscope
   The `kaleidoscope` is a tube of mirrors containing loose coloured beads or pebbles, or other small coloured objects. The viewer looks in one end and light enters the other end, reflecting off the mirrors. Typically there are two rectangular lengthways mirrors. Setting of the mirrors at 45š creates eight duplicate images of the objects, six at 60š, and four at 90š. As the tube is rotated, the tumbling of the coloured objects presents the viewer wi...
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    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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    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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    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 kalos, 'beautiful' plus eidos, 'form'; plus scope, 'see'.
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    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 symmetrical figures, which may be constantly altered by rotation of the instrument.
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    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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