HOLOPHOTE


Meaning of HOLOPHOTE in English

/hol"euh foht', hoh"leuh-/ , n.

an apparatus by which practically all the light from a lighthouse lamp or the like is thrown in a desired direction.

[ 1840-50; back formation from holophotal (HOLO- + -photal ); see PHOTIC, -AL 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .