- Scioptic ball
- Scioptic Sci*op"tic, a. [Gr. ? shadow + ? belonging to sight:
cf. F. scioptique. See {Optic}.] (Opt.)
Of or pertaining to an optical arrangement for forming images
in a darkened room, usually called scioptic ball.
[1913 Webster]
{Scioptic ball} (Opt.), the lens of a camera obscura mounted in a wooden ball which fits a socket in a window shutter so as to be readily turned, like the eye, to different parts of the landscape. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
