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ka•lei•do•scope

Pronunciation: (ku-lī'du-skōp"), [key]
—n.
1. an optical instrument in which bits of glass, held loosely at the end of a rotating tube, are shown in continually changing symmetrical forms by reflection in two or more mirrors set at angles to each other.
2. a continually changing pattern of shapes and colors.
3. a continually shifting pattern, scene, or the like: The 1920s were a kaleidoscope of fads and fashions.

kale

kaleidoscopic

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kaleidoscope (Thesaurus)
kaleidoscope (Encyclopedia)

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