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Of or pertaining to an optical arrangement for forming images in a darkened room, usually called scioptic ball.

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  1. a. Of or pertaining to an optical arrangement for forming images in a darkened room, usually called scioptic ball.
  2. Of or pertaining to an optical arrangement for forming images in a darkened room, usually called scioptic ball. Scioptic ball (Opt.), the lens of a camera obscura mounted in a wooden ball which fits a socket in a window shutter so as to be readily turned, like the eye, to different parts of the landscape.
  3. Of or pertaining to an optical arrangement for forming imagesin a darkened room, usually called scioptic ball. Scioptic ball(Opt.), the lens of a camera obscura mounted in a wooden ball whichfits a socket in a window shutter so as to be readily turned, likethe eye, to different parts of the landscape.
  4. a. Of or pertaining to an optical arrangement for forming images in a darkened room, usually called scioptic ball.