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KALEIDOSCOPE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An optical toy in a tube; it produces symmetrical patterns as bits of colored glass are reflected by mirrors

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("kaleidoscope" is a kind of...):

plaything; toy (an artifact designed to be played with)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A complex pattern of constantly changing colors and shapes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("kaleidoscope" is a kind of...):

form; pattern; shape (a perceptual structure)

Derivation:

kaleidoscopic; kaleidoscopical (continually shifting or rapidly changing)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb kaleidoscope

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