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Definition of: stauroscope
(stôr′ə·skōp) noun Optics
An instrument used to determine the directions of the planes of vibration of polarized light in crystals. [<Gk. stauros cross + -SCOPE]
—stau′ro·scop′ic (-skop′ik) adjective
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