[f. Gr. στερε-ὄς solid + ὀπτικόν, neut. of ὀπτικός OPTIC.] A double magic lantern arranged to combine two images of the same object or scene upon a screen, so as to produce the appearance of solidity as in a stereoscope; also used to cause the image of one object or scene to pass gradually into that of another with dissolving effect. Also attrib.
1875. Knight, Dict. Mech., 2376.
1878. E. W. Clark, Life in Japan, 171. The fame of the stereopticon reached the palace. Ibid. Splendid stereopticon pictures. Ibid., 178. After the stereopticon entertainment.
1894. Outing, Sept., 449/1. The stately Nelson Column,… just as I had seen it projected by a stereopticon lantern fifteen years before.
