A portable magic lantern designed for displaying photographs.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Documents Assembly State of New York. From scio- + optic + -on, after ancient Greek neuter nouns ending in -ον, probably as alteration of scioptic.
Definition of sciopticon in US English:
sciopticon
nounsʌɪˈɒptɪkɒn
historical
A portable magic lantern designed for displaying photographs.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Documents Assembly State of New York. From scio- + optic + -on, after ancient Greek neuter nouns ending in -ον, probably as alteration of scioptic.