borescope

English

noun
Definitions
  • An optical instrument used for seeing inside tight spaces, consisting of a rigid or flexible tube with an optical relay inside so that the view through a lens or window at one end of the tube may be seen from a lens or eyepiece in the opposite end of the tube.

Etymology

Suffix from English bore (hole).

Origin

English

bore

Gloss

hole

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