megalograph

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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

References

  • megalograph”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, 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, New York: The Century Co., page 3690:
  • 1913, Casey Albert Wood, The American Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Ophthalmology, 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, archived from the original on 2024 December 23:
  • 1876 November 25, “New York Academy of Sciences”, in Scientific American, volume 35, number 22, →ISSN, pages 345–345: