anomaloscope
ano·ma·lo·scope
anomaloscope · anomaloscopes
Anomaloskop
An instrument used to test for color blindness by measuring quantitative and…An instrument used to test for color blindness by measuring quantitative and qualitative anomalies in color perception.
UK/əˈnɒmələʊskəʊp/US/əˈnɑməloʊskoʊp/
Meaning
1 sensesAn instrument used to test for color blindness by measuring quantitative and qualitative anomalies in color perception.
Anomaloskop
Translations
2 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
instrument used to test for color blindness:
Origin
From German Anomaloskop, from Ancient Greek ἀνώμαλος (anṓmalos, “irregular, uneven”) (fromFrom German Anomaloskop, from Ancient Greek ἀνώμαλος (anṓmalos, “irregular, uneven”) (from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-, “a-, prefix meaning ‘not’”) + ὁμᾰλός (homălós, “even, level”)) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “to look, to look at; to examine, to inspect”) (from Proto-Indo-European *sḱop, ultimately from *speḱ- (“to see; to look, to observe”)).
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