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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

パントスコープ

Pronunciation / Transliteration: pantosukōpu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pantoscope/ˈpæn.təˌskoʊp/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45000 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"写真家は風景全体を撮影するためにパントスコープを使用した。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An optical instrument or panoramic camera designed to provide a very wide field of view.

    "The museum displayed an antique pantoscope used by early photographers to capture sweeping landscapes."
  2. 2

    A type of spectacle lens combining two different focal lengths or providing a wide-angle visual correction.

    "His old eyeglasses featured pantoscope lenses designed to assist with both near and distant reading."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Greek roots 'panto-', meaning all or every, and 'skopos', meaning watcher or observer, originating in the 19th century. Initially coined to describe optical or photographic instruments designed to provide a wide or comprehensive view.

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