kaleidoscope
(noun) an optical toy in a tube; it produces symmetrical patterns as bits of colored glass are reflected by mirrors
kaleidoscope
(noun) a complex pattern of constantly changing colors and shapes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
kaleidoscope (plural kaleidoscopes)
A tube of mirrors containing loose coloured beads etc. that is rotated to produce a succession of symmetrical designs.
A constantly changing set of colours, or other things.
kaleidoscope (third-person singular simple present kaleidoscopes, present participle kaleidoscoping, simple past and past participle kaleidoscoped)
(intransitive) To move in shifting patterns.
Source: Wiktionary
Ka*lei"do*scope, n. Etym: [Gr. -scope.]
Definition: 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 colored glass in the kaleidoscope. G. W. Cable.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 November 2024
(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
