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VIEWING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A vigil held over a corpse the night before burial
Example:
there's no weeping at an Irish wake
Synonyms:
viewing; wake
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("viewing" is a kind of...):
vigil; watch (the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival))
Sense 2
Meaning:
The display of a motion picture
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("viewing" is a kind of...):
display (exhibiting openly in public view)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "viewing"):
preview (a screening for a select audience in advance of release for the general public)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb view
Context examples:
Here the emperor ascended, with many principal lords of his court, to have an opportunity of viewing me, as I was told, for I could not see them.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
An endoscope is a thin, tube-like instrument with a light and a lens for viewing.
(Endoscopic Procedure, NCI Dictionary)
A colonoscope is a thin, tube-like instrument with a light and a lens for viewing.
(Colonoscopy, NCI Dictionary)
They were viewing the country with the eyes of persons accustomed to drawing, and decided on its capability of being formed into pictures, with all the eagerness of real taste.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
An esophagoscope is a thin, tube-like instrument with a light and a lens for viewing.
(Esophagoscopy, NCI Dictionary)
The pictures can be saved, changed to give better viewing angles, and reviewed after the procedure, even years later.
(Computed tomographic colonography, NCI Dictionary)
A gastroscope has a light and a lens for viewing and may have a tool to remove tissue.
(Gastroscope, NCI Dictionary)
A laparoscope (thin, tube-like instrument with a light and a lens for viewing) is inserted through one opening to guide the surgery.
(Minimally invasive surgery, NCI Dictionary)
A nasoscope has a light and a lens for viewing and may have a tool to remove tissue.
(Nasoscope, NCI Dictionary)
A laryngoscope has a light and a lens for viewing and may have a tool to remove tissue.
(Laryngoscope, NCI Dictionary)
