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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A magic lantern, especially one with two projectors arranged so as to produce dissolving views or combinations of images.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ster-der. Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós) Ancient Greek στερεο- (stereo-)der. English stereo- Proto-Indo-European *h3ekw- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h3ókws Proto-Hellenic *ókws Ancient Greek ὄψ (óps) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek ὄψις (ópsis) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ὀπτικός (optikós) English stereopticon From stereo- (“three-dimensional”) + Ancient Greek ὀπτικός (optikós, “visual”).
