altiscope

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altiscope - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Altiscope \Al"ti*scope\, n. [L. altus high + Gr. ? to view.]
     An arrangement of lenses and mirrors which enables a person
     to see an object in spite of intervening objects. Since the
     early 1900's, most commonly called periscope.
     [1913 Webster]