What's the difference between phonoscope and photoscope?

Phonoscope


Definition:

  • (n.) An instrument for observing or exhibiting the motions or properties of sounding bodies; especially, an apparatus invented by Konig for testing the quality of musical strings.
  • (n.) An instrument for producing luminous figures by the vibrations of sounding bodies.

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Photoscope


Definition:

  • (n.) Anything employed for the observation of light or luminous effects.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These results showed that the use of a compact image intensifier incorporated microchannel plate with a fundus photoscope made it possible to record video-fluorescein angiography and to decrease exciting light intensity and the amount of fluorescein dye.
  • (2) To decrease both the intensity of the exciting light and the amount of sodium fluorescein, we attached a compact image intensifier incorporating a microchannel plate with a fundus photoscope and tried to record video-fluorescein angiography with low steady light.
  • (3) The men were classified photoscopically into obese, overweight and normal weight classes and then into android (central), intermediate and gynoid (generalized) classes of body fat patterning independently and blindly by two observers.

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