2. A kind of water clock, used anciently for measuring time, the water tricking from an orifice at the end of a graduated tube.
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
hydroscope — ⇒HYDROSCOPE, subst. masc. Personne qui pratique l hydroscopie. Guidé par un instinct particulier aux montagnards, aux hydroscopes, il « sentit » ce torrent à travers le roc, mais certainement il n avait point vu le précieux liquide (VERNE, Voy.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
hydroscope — [hī′drə skōp΄] n. [ HYDRO + SCOPE] a device like a periscope, for viewing things at some distance below the surface of water … English World dictionary
Hydroscope — The word hydroscope is used to mean any of several instruments related to water. One kind is an instrument for seeing below the surface of water, such as a long tube fitted with various lenses so arranged that objects lying at the bottom can be… … Wikipedia
HYDROSCOPE — s. m. Celui que l on suppose avoir la faculté de sentir les émanations des eaux souterraines … Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)
HYDROSCOPE — n. m. T. didactique Celui qui pratique l’hydroscopie … Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)
hydroscope — hydroscopic /huy dreuh skop ik/, hydroscopical, adj. hydroscopicity /huy dreuh skoh pis i tee/, n. /huy dreuh skohp /, n. an optical device for viewing objects below the surface of water. [1670 80; HYDRO 1 + SCOPE] * * * … Universalium
hydroscope — noun A device for viewing objects below the surface of the water … Wiktionary
hydroscope — (i dro sko p ) s. m. 1° Celui qui pratique l art de rechercher les sources, les eaux souterraines. 2° Particulièrement. Celui que l on suppose avoir la faculté de sentir les émanations des eaux souterraines. ÉTYMOLOGIE Terme dérivé de deux … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
hydroscope — instrument for viewing under water Scientific Instruments … Phrontistery dictionary
hydroscope — hy·dro·scope … English syllables
