conoscope

conoscope
conoscopic /koh'neuh skop"ik, kon'euh-/, adj.
/koh"neuh skohp', kon"euh-/, n. Optics.
a polarizing microscope for giving interference figures and for determining the principal axis of a crystal.
[ < Gk kôno(s) CONE + -SCOPE]

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