SCIOP'TIC, adjective [Gr. shadow and to see.] Pertaining to the camera obscura, or to the art of exhibiting images through a hole in a darkened room. SCIOP'TIC, noun A sphere or globe with a lens made to turn like the eye; used in experiments with the camera obscura.
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