periscopic

periscopic [per-uh-skop-ik] ExamplesWord Origin adjective

1. Optics. (of certain lenses in special microscopes, cameras, etc.) giving distinct vision obliquely, or all around, as well as, or instead of, in a direct line.
2. pertaining to periscopes or their use.

Sometimes per·i·scop·i·cal. Origin of periscopic 1795–1805; Greek periskop(eîn) to look about (see peri-, -scope) + -ic Examples from the Web for periscopic Historical Examples of periscopic

Mr. Shelton, do you know anything about these periscopic binoculars?

The Island Pharisees

John Galsworthy

Russ leaped from the chair and raced to the periscopic mirror.

Empire

Clifford Donald Simak

A very useful form of lens was proposed by Dr. Wollaston, and called by him the Periscopic lens.

The Microscope

Andrew Ross

A pair of lenses thus equipped Dr. Wollaston called the periscopic microscope.

A History of Science, Volume 4(of 5)

Henry Smith Williams

The periscopic gun sight and the controls were on a level with the operator’s eyes.

The Airlords of Han

Philip Francis Nowlan

British Dictionary definitions for periscopic periscopic adjective

1. (of a lens) having a wide field of view

Derived Formsperiscopically, adverb periscopic in Medicine periscopic [pĕr′ĭ-skŏp′ĭk] adj.

1. Of, relating to, or permitting the observation of objects from positions in or out of the direct line of sight.