Definisjon av kaleidoscope

Vi fant 6 definisjoner av kaleidoscope på engelsk.

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Noun
kaleidoscope - a complex pattern of constantly changing colors and shapes
		pattern, shape, form a model considered worthy of imitation; "the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics"
kaleidoscope - an optical toy in a tube; it produces symmetrical patterns as bits of colored glass are reflected by mirrors

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Substantiv
kaleidoscope - A tube of mirrors containing loose coloured beads etc. that is rotated to produce a succession of symmetrical designs.
kaleidoscope - A constantly changing set of colours, or other things.

A kaleidoscope is a tube of mirrors containing loose, colored objects such as beads and pebbles. The viewer looks in one end and light enters the other end, reflecting off the mirrors. Coined in 1817 in English by its inventor Sir David Brewster, the word "kaleidoscope" derives from the Ancient Greek καλ(ός) (beauty, beautiful), είδο(ς) (form, shape) and -σκόπιο (tool for examination), and it literally translates to "observer of beautiful forms.".

kaleidoscope
A cylinder with mirrors containing loose, colored objects such as beads or pebbles and bits of glass.

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