Home › Words › D › digiscopedigiscopedigiscope means A digital camera coupled with an optical telescope for the recording of distant images.EtymologyBlend of digital + telescope.nounA digital camera coupled with an optical telescope for the recording of distant images.e.g.“The rubber at the eyepiece outer lens is soft and pliable, making it difficult for my digiscopes to firmly grip it and, hence, take pictures.” — 2021 October 17, “Smartphone Imaging Through the Oberwerk 7mm Eyepiece”, in Cloudy Nights, archived from the original on 13 Apr 2024:A photograph taken with such a device.e.g.“The only known photographic evidence available is a series of extremely poor quality digiscopes I took on the morning of 21 October.” — 2018 June 7, Ruben Stoll, “First Tennessee record of Brown Booby”, in The Migrant, volume 89, number 2, The Tennessee Ornithological Society, archived from the original on 08 Feb 2023, page 52:verbTo record distant images by coupling a digital camera with an optical telescope.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.digibin 76% match — To record distant images by coupling a digital camera with a pair of binoculars. vs digiscope →phonescoping 63% match — photography with a mobile phone that is connected to a spotting scope vs digiscope →telemicroscope 60% match — Any of several optical instruments that combine the functions of a telescope and microscope e.g. projecting a microscope image onto a screen. vs digiscope →telepolariscope 60% match — A polariscope designed to be attached to a telescope. vs digiscope →teleiconograph 60% match — A combination of the camera lucida and telescope for drawing and measuring distant objects. vs digiscope →telespectroscope 59% match — A spectroscope designed to be attached to a telescope for observation of distant objects, such as stars. vs digiscope →digicam 59% match — A digital camera vs digiscope →binoscope 58% match — A type of binary telescope or long-distance binoculars, typically used for amateur astronomy or artillery sighting. vs digiscope →