TACHYSCOPE

Tach"y*scope, n. [Gr. quick + -scope.]

Definition: An early form of antimated-picture machine, devised in 1889 by Otto Anschütz of Berlin, in which the chronophotographs were mounted upon the periphery of a rotating wheel.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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28 December 2024

ACERVULUS

(noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi


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