*ethos*

n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; character. See Ethic. ] 1. The character, sentiment, or disposition of a community or people, considered as a natural endowment; the spirit which actuates manners and customs; also, the characteristic tone or genius of an institution or social organization. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (esthetics) The traits in a work of art which express the ideal or typic character -- character as influenced by the ethos (sense 1) of a people -- rather than realistic or emotional situations or individual character in a narrow sense; -- opposed to pathos. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Mega- + alethoscope. ] An optical apparatus in which pictures are viewed through a large lens with stereoptical effects. It is often combined with the stereoscope. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To auscultate, or examine, with a stethoscope. M. W. Savage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. sth^qos the breast + -scope: cf. F. stéthoscope. ] (Med.) An instrument used in auscultation for examining the organs of the chest, as the heart and lungs, by conveying to the ear of the examiner the sounds produced in the thorax. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. stéthoscopique. ] Of or pertaining to a stethoscope; obtained or made by means of a stethoscope. -- Steth`o*scop"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. One skilled in the use of the stethoscope. [ 1913 Webster ]