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per·i·scope  (pr-skp)
n.
Any of various tubular optical instruments that contain reflecting elements, such as mirrors and prisms, to permit observation from a position displaced from a direct line of sight.
peri·scopic (-skpk), peri·scopi·cal (--kl) adj.
periscopic [ˌpɛrɪˈskɒpɪk]
adj
(of a lens) having a wide field of view
periscopically  adv
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Tailing off into a blue-broom "tail fin," extending upward into periscopic tin-can "oculars," and opening out into a wing of honeycombed steel, its metallic chassis seems to be a transformed workbench centered by two disks or "gears," one of blue Plexiglas, another of mosaicked mirror, the whole seeming to refer to the studio in which it was made.
Jason Meadows: Marc Foxx by Hainley, Bruce / Artforum International
Having gloved a bouncer from Flintoff to slip earlier in the contest, England turned to the short stuff against him and he was fortunate when he left his bat hanging in periscopic fashion that the ball flew to third man.
Dilshan makes it tough as England face another test by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
Having gloved a bouncer from Andrew Flintoff to slip earlier in the contest, England turned to the short stuff against him and he was fortunate when he left his bat hanging in periscopic fashion that the ball flew to third man.
CRICKET: Dilshan destroys England's hopes by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
 
 
 
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