pseudo-, pseud-

1. A device that produces reversed stereoscopic effects, for example, by transposing the pictures of a stereoscope.
2. An instrument which, by means of prisms or mirrors, transposes to one eye the image seen normally by the other eye.

The sense of depth is reversed and peaks are seen as troughs and vice versa.

Reversed depth perception, as seen with a stereoscope which transposes the images seen by two eyes.

Pseudoscorpions are tiny scorpion-like arthropods, with a flat, pear-shaped body with two sections, eight five-segmented legs, and simple eyes.

The color of the body can be yellowish-tan to dark-brown, with the paired claws often a contrasting color. They have two very long pedipalps, or pincers, which strongly resemble the scorpion's claws, but the pseudoscorpion's abdomen is short and rounded at the rear, rather than extending into a segmented tail and sting.

The movable part of the pincer contains a venom gland and duct; the poison is used to capture and immobilize their tiny prey. They do not bite.

To digest prey, they pour a mildly corrosive fluid over the prey, then ingest the liquefied remains.

They spin silk from a gland in their jaws to make disk-shaped cocoons for mating, molting, or enduring cold weather.

1. Discoveries that are to some degree foreseen, and result from goal directed processing of the alternatives, are sometimes referred to as pseudoserendipitous.
2. A discovery that does not lead to the discovery of things not sought for; on the contrary, the results of research with expected conclusions.

1. A description of accidental discoveries of ways to achieve an end sought for, in contrast to the meaning of (true) serenpidity, which describes accidental discoveries of things not sought for. 2. To discover, invent, or create something in a surprising way.
3. The accidental discovery of a way or ways to achieve an end that was sought for.

Pseudoserendipity with details about its origin.

1. A subjective or false sensation of an odor that is not present.
2. A sensation of odor without the appropriate stimulus.

A false treatment of some malady.

Pertaining to or produced by a pseudo-volcano.

A large crater or circular hollow believed not to be associated with volcanic activity; e.g., a crater that is possibly meteoritic in origin but may be the result of phreatic explosion or cauldron subsidence.