Dictionary entry

Chromatoscope

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Chro″ma‐to‐scope′ (?), n. [Gr. �, �, color + -scope.] (Astron.) A reflecting telescope, part of which is made to rotate eccentrically, so as to produce a ringlike image of a star, instead of a point; — used in studying the scintillation of the stars.