Mē'te-ōr'o-scōpe, n.

(Synop., § 130), n. [Fr. météoroscope, It. meteoroscopio, Gr. μετεωροσκόπιον, from μετεωροσκόπος, observing the heavenly bodies, from μετέωρον and σκοπέω, σκοπεῖσθαι, to view. See METEOR.] An instrument for taking the magnitude and distances of heavenly bodies. [Obs.]