conoscopy

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κῶνος (konos) "cone, spinning top, pine cone" and σκοπέω (skopeo) "examine, inspect, look to or into, consider".

Noun

conoscopy (plural conoscopies)

  1. Optical technique to make observations of a transparent specimen in a cone of converging rays of light.

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Further reading

Conoscopy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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