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| − | | number = 2627
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| − | | date = June 1, 2022
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| − | | title = Types of Scopes
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| − | | image = types_of_scopes.png
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| − | | titletext = An x-ray gyroscope is used to determine exactly which toppings they included in the pita.
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| − | ==Explanation==
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| − | {{incomplete|Created by a BOTOSCOPE - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
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| − | -oh my science "examine, inspect, look to or into, consider". There are many such words in the English language.
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| − | ''Electron microscopes'', ''electron telescopes'' and ''radio telescopes'' are special forms of microscopes and telescopes, respectively. This comic explores what you could do with a hypothetical "electron ___-scope" and "radio ___-scope" for other words also ending in -scope (namely: periscope, stethoscope, kaleidoscope, gyroscope and horoscope). The definition of the word itself ("regular ___-scope") is also given.
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| − | The third column often plays on different meanings of the word ''radio:'' 1) related to radiation and 2) a device for receiving radio communication or broadcasts.
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| − | |+ What the words could mean according to the comic
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| − | ! Word !! Regular !! Electron ___ !! Radio ___
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| − | | Microscope || || ''Really exists'' || Simply a microscope for looking at your radio.
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| − | | Telescope || || ''Really exists'' || ''Really exists''
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| − | | Periscope || Periscopes allow submarine crews to watch what happens above the water surface, without exposing the submarine to enemy observers, or enemy radars. In practice, periscope use is minimized because periscopes are still observable. || An electron microsope seemingly mounted on a periscope. Examining enemy boats like a periscope, with the detail of an electron microsope. This would not be useful in combat. ||
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| − | | Stethoscope
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| − | || A medical device for listening to sounds made by a patient's body, for example the heart. Has a disc-shaped resonator that is placed against the patient's skin.
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| − | || If the resonator is emitting electromagnetic radiation, it could burn the skin due to its close proximity.
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| − | || Normally, the sounds are transmitted to an earpiece that the examiner wears. There are also recording stethoscopes. A radio stethoscope would transmit the sound either directly via radio waves, or send it to a radio station such as NPR where it could then be broadcasted.
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| − | | Kaleidoscope || || Seemingly a pun of electron "collide"-oscope, as electron collisions generate {{w|Bremsstrahlung}}. ||
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| − | | Gyroscope || Gyroscopes are used for {{w|inertial navigation}}, for example. || || In theory, radio waves could be sent around in a triangular pattern, thus replicating the existing {{w|ring laser gyroscope}}.
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| − | | Horoscope
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| − | || In common usage, predictions or advice given based on the position of stars and planets. Often believed to be unscientific junk.
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| − | || Predictions on the position of a particle (such as an electron).
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| − | || Predictions or advice given based on the radiation emitted by exploding stars or galaxies.
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| − | The title text makes a pun on "gyroscope" and the Greek foods {{w|Gyros}} and {{w|Pita}}.
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| − | ==Transcript==
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| − | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
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