periscopic

[ per-uh-skop-ik ]

adjective

1. Optics. (of certain lenses in special microscopes, cameras, etc.) giving distinct vision obliquely, or all around, as well as, or instead of, in a direct line.
2. pertaining to periscopes or their use.

Word History and Origins

Origin of periscopic¹

1795–1805; < Greek periskop ( eîn ) to look about ( peri-, -scope ) + -ic

Example Sentences

Here, I worked with the team at Periscopic to turn the bag into something useful.

From New York Times

Periscopic is a data-visualization firm based in Portland, Ore.

From New York Times

"Periscopic's gun-death graphics is one of my favorite things ever," writes Sarah Slobin, a graphics editor at the Wall Street Journal.

From National Geographic

"More than 400,000 Stolen Years," by the visualization firm Periscopic, ponders the premature deaths of over 20,000 Americans by gun violence in 2010 and 2013.

From National Geographic

There are flame-throwing booby traps, a net of pillboxes with periscopic sights; they have stockpiled enough ordnance to spray shells into the sea all day, every day, for a year.

From Literature