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noun

Fluoroscope n.

(Phys.) An instrument for observing or exhibiting fluorescence.

(Physics) A fluorescent screen, with hood to protect the eyes, used for observing the shadows cast by objects placed in the path of the X rays.

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Etymology of 'Fluoroscope'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... large scale; some of his work being recorded in an article in the Century Magazine of May, 1896, where a great deal of data may be found. Edison says with regard to this work: "When the X-ray came up, I made the first fluoroscope, using tungstate of calcium. I also found that this tungstate could be put into a vacuum chamber of glass and fused to the inner walls of the chamber; and if the X-ray electrodes were let into the glass chamber and a proper vacuum was attained, you could get ...

— Edison, His Life and Inventions • Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin

Words linked to "Fluoroscope" : X-ray machine, roentgenoscope