periscopic

periscopic
/per'euh skop"ik/, adj.
1. Optics. (of certain lenses in special microscopes, cameras, etc.) giving distinct vision obliquely, or all around, as well as, or instead of, in a direct line.
2. pertaining to periscopes or their use.
[1795-1805; < Gk periskop(eîn) to look about (see PERI-, -SCOPE) + -IC]

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