(thing) by arfarf Sat Nov 13 1999 at 14:36:05

Also known as a roentgenoscope after Wilhelm Roentgen. Combines an X-ray source and a fluorescent screen to enable looking inside something, like a bag at the airport or your shoe to see if your toes are crowded. Not really a safe toy.

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(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:42:44

Flu*or"o*scope (?), n. [Fluorescence + -scope.] (Phys.)

An instrument for observing or exhibiting fluorescence.

 

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Flu*or"o*scope, n. (Physics)

A fluorescent screen, with hood to protect the eyes, used for observing the shadows cast by objects placed in the path of the X rays. -- Flu*or`o*scop"ic (#), a.

 

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