megalograph

See also: Megalograph

English

Etymology

Example of a megalograph, stored by the Science Museum Group

From French mégalographe. The original megalograph was invented by Georges Révoil and manufactured by the French scientific company, Secretan. Morphologically megalo- +‎ -graph.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɡələ(ʊ)ɡrɑːf/, /ˈmɛɡələ(ʊ)ɡraf/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɡ(ə)loʊˌɡræf/, /ˈmɛɡ(ə)ləˌɡræf/
• Rhymes: -æf
• Hyphenation: me‧ga‧lo‧gra‧ph

Noun

megalograph (plural megalographs)

1. A camera lucida that uses images from kaleidoscopes or microscopes

Translations

Translations

• French: mégalographe (fr) m

References

• “megalograph”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
• 1914, William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E. Smith, The Century Dictionary. An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language. Volume I-V‎^[1], New York: The Century Co., page 3690:
• 1913, Casey Albert Wood, The American Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Ophthalmology‎^[2], Chicago: Cleveland Press, page 7626:
• 2024 December 24 (last accessed), “Megalograph, type of camera lucida invented by G. Revoil and made by Secretan”, in Science Museum Group‎^[3], archived from the original on 2024 December 23:
• 1876 November 25, “New York Academy of Sciences”, in Scientific American‎^[4], volume 35, number 22, →ISSN, pages 345–345: