*orosco*

n. Examination of an object, as the human body, by exposing it to the X rays and observing the shadow cast upon a fluorescent screen; cryptoscopy. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. horoscope, L. horoscopus, fr. Gr. &unr_;, adj., observing hours or times, esp. observing the hour of birth, n., a horoscope; &unr_; hour + &unr_; to view, observe. See Hour, and -scope. ] 1. (Astrol.) (a) The representation made of the aspect of the heavens at the moment of a person's birth, by which the astrologer professed to foretell the events of the person's life; especially, the sign of the zodiac rising above the horizon at such a moment. (b) The diagram or scheme of twelve houses or signs of the zodiac, into which the whole circuit of the heavens was divided for the purposes of such prediction of fortune. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The planisphere invented by Jean Paduanus. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A table showing the length of the days and nights at all places. Heyse.

{ } n. One versed in horoscopy; an astrologer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The art or practice of casting horoscopes, or observing the disposition of the stars, with a view to prediction events. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Aspect of the stars at the time of a person's birth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; observing the heavenly bodies; &unr_; + &unr_; to view: cf. F. météoroscope. See Meteor. ] (Astron.) (a) An astrolabe; a planisphere. [ Obs. ] (b) An instrument for measuring the position, length, and direction, of the apparent path of a shooting star. [ 1913 Webster ]