Fluoroscope

Fluoroscope
Fluoroscope Flu*or"o*scope, n. [Fluorescence + -scope.] 1. (Phys.) An instrument for observing or exhibiting fluorescence. [1913 Webster]

2. (Physics) A fluorescent screen, with hood to protect the eyes, used for observing the shadows cast by objects placed in the path of the X rays. -- {Flu*or`o*scop"ic}, a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


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  • fluoroscope — ☆ fluoroscope [flôr′ə skōp΄, floor′ə skōp΄ ] n. [ FLUORO + SCOPE] a machine that uses X rays to cast shadows of the internal structure of people, animals, raw material, welds, etc. on a fluorescent screen: the shadows vary in intensity according… …   English World dictionary

  • fluoroscope — [flyɔʀɔskɔp] n. m. ÉTYM. 1896, Année sc. et industr. 1897, p. 94; de fluoro , et scope. ❖ ♦ Méd. Écran fluorescent aux rayons X, servant à la radioscopie …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • fluoroscope — fluoroskopas statusas T sritis Standartizacija ir metrologija apibrėžtis Aparatas, kurio fluorescenciniame ekrane gaunamas rentgeninis žmogaus organų vaizdas. atitikmenys: angl. fluoroscope vok. Fluoroskop, m rus. флуороскоп, m pranc. fluoroscope …   Penkiakalbis aiškinamasis metrologijos terminų žodynas

  • fluoroscope — fluoroskopas statusas T sritis Standartizacija ir metrologija apibrėžtis Įtaisas šaltinio spinduliuojamai fluorescencijai aptikti. atitikmenys: angl. fluoroscope vok. Fluoroskop, m rus. флуороскоп, m pranc. fluoroscope, m …   Penkiakalbis aiškinamasis metrologijos terminų žodynas

  • fluoroscope — fluoroskopas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. fluoroscope vok. Fluoroskop, m rus. флуороскоп, m pranc. fluoroscope, m …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

  • fluoroscope — An obsolete apparatus for rendering visible to the dark adapted eye the patterns of x rays that have passed through a body under examination, by interposing a glass plate coated with fluorescent materials, such as calcium tungstate; currently,… …   Medical dictionary

  • fluoroscope — fluor•o•scope [[t]ˈflʊər əˌskoʊp, ˈflɔr , ˈfloʊr [/t]] n. v. scoped, scop•ing. n. 1) med a tube or box fitted with a screen coated with a fluorescent substance, used for viewing objects, esp. deep body structures, by means of x ray or other… …   From formal English to slang

  • fluoroscope — rentgenoskopas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. roentgenoscope vok. Röntgendurchleuchtungsapparat, m rus. рентгеноскоп, m pranc. fluoroscope, m; rœntgenoscope, m …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

  • fluoroscope — I. noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1896 an instrument used for observing the internal structure of an opaque object (as the living body) by means of X rays • fluoroscopic adjective • fluoroscopically adverb •… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • fluoroscope — /floor euh skohp , flawr , flohr /, n. a tube or box fitted with a screen coated with a fluorescent substance, used for viewing objects, esp. deep body structures, by means of x ray or other radiation. [1895 1900, Amer.; FLUORO + SCOPE] * * * ▪… …   Universalium

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