borescope

borescope

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From bore + -scope.

    Noun

    borescope (plural borescopes)

    1. An optical instrument used for seeing inside tight spaces, consisting of a rigid or flexible tube with an optical relay inside so that the view through a lens or window at one end of the tube may be seen from a lens or eyepiece in the opposite end of the tube.

    Verb

    borescope (third-person singular simple present borescopes, present participle borescoping, simple past and past participle borescoped)

    1. To see inside or examine (something) using a borescope.
      Maintenance borescoped the jet engine to check for damaged turbine blades.

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