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dynameter

[ dahy-nam-i-ter ]

noun

Optics.
  1. an instrument for determining the magnifying power of telescopes.


dynameter

/ »å²¹ÉªËˆ²Ô泾ɪ³ÙÉ™ /

noun

  1. an instrument for determining the magnifying power of telescopes
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Origin of dynameter1

First recorded in 1820–30; dyna- + -meter
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Dynameter, dī-nam′e-tėr, n. an instrument for measuring the magnifying power of a telescope.—adj.

From

Dynamet′rical, pertaining to a dynameter.

From

And there is a kind of sacredness attached to the memory of the great and the good, which seems to bid us repulse the scepticism which would allegorize their existence into a pleasing apologue, and measure the giants of intellect by an homeopathic dynameter.

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It is a dynameter, the power of which should increase as we ascend in society.

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And there is a kind of sacredness attached to the memory of the great and the good, which seems to bid us repulse the scepticism which would allegorize their existence into a pleasing apologue, and measure the giants of intellect by an homaeopathic dynameter.

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