# kaleidograph

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A late 19th or early 20th century device for duplicating documents that use colored ink, consisting of a tray with a rubbery substance that takes an impression of the document and then transfers it onto blank sheets of paper.
2. A device for projecting the colorful patterns produced by a kaleidoscope.
3. A changing visual display.

## Etymology
From Ancient Greek καλός (kalós, “beautiful”) + -graph.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/kaleidograph