[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

kaleidoscope \kalei"doscope\, n. gr. ? beautiful + e'i^dos
   form + -scope.
   an instrument invented by sir david brewster, which contains
   loose fragments of colored glass, etc., and reflecting
   surfaces so arranged that changes of position exhibit its
   contents in an endless variety of beautiful colors and
   symmetrical forms. it has been much employed in arts of
   design.
   1913 webster

         shifting like the fragments of colored glass in the
         kaleidoscope.                            --g. w. cable.
   kaleidoscopic

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

kaleidoscope
     n : an optical toy in a tube; it produces symmetrical patterns
         as bits of colored glass are reflected by mirrors

[3] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

kaleidoscope
     
         an object-oriented language which mixes
        imperative and constraint-oriented features.  kaleidoscope
        was written by freeman-benson of the university of
        washington, universite de nantes, 1989; university of
        victoria, 1992.  it is similar to siri and vaguely related
        to prose.
     
        versions: kaleidoscope '90 and kaleidoscope '91.
     
        "kaleidoscope: mixing objects, constraints and imperative
        programming", b.n. freeman-benson, sigplan notices
        2510:77-88 oopsla/ecoop '90 oct 1990.
     
        "constraint imperative programming", b.n. freeman-benson,
        ph.d. thesis, tr 91-07-02, u wash 1991.
     
        "constraint imperative programming", freeman-benson et al,
        ieee conf on comp lang, apr 1992.
     
        1994-11-09
     
     
see also:
object-oriented imperative constraint university of washington universite de nantes university of victoria 
siri prose 

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