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periscope - use in sentences
Converse of object
- use: Sir Kenneth's solution was to use a small periscope which could be lowered behind the lens for focussing.
- have: Just along the road you can get up to the bridge over which you can see the railroad, provided you have a periscope.
- raise: The lever to lower and raise the periscope can be seen just above the letter ' p ' .
- make: An additional activity which is fun to do is to make a simple periscope ( see Resource Sheet 5 ).
- sight: Cressy, under Captain Johnson, had also stopped to lower boats but got underway on sighting a periscope.
- spot: Whilst doing a starboard sweep with my binoculars I was convinced I spotted a periscope.
Adjective modifier
- submarine: He also managed to detect submarine periscopes at 4 miles with the same equipment.
- s: The crew of the Ashigara however sighted Trenchant ' s periscope and opened fire with an antiaircraft gun.
- small: Sir Kenneth's solution was to use a small periscope which could be lowered behind the lens for focussing.
Modifies a noun
- depth: Later passed close to 3 more trawlers at periscope depth, sighted armament on one of them.
- exhaust: The stern was left hanging over, as we still had out periscope exhaust sticking out on the side of the barge.
- standard: The other shell hit Unison ' s bridge, exploding on the forward periscope standard.
- wake: The periscope has been lowered - we don't want a target - or its escorts - noticing a tell-tale periscope wake.
- lens: The actual sight was a graticule, or line down the center of the periscope lens.
- sight: Wanklyn succeeded in dodging the oncoming destroyer without going deep and, as his periscope sights came on, fired at the largest transport.
Noun used with modifier
- trench: Trench periscope for observing enemy whilst concealed behind parapet or other fortification.
- parallax: The unit allows focusing of the specimen and camera image through the parallax focus periscope.
- night: New innovations were an all-welded hull, radar which could be worked from periscope depth and a night periscope.
Possessives
- submarine: The submarine's periscope and radar mast are damaged.
Preposition: of
- submarine: The periscope of the submarine was then seen on our starboard bow, about a foot above the water.
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