Definition of "kaleidoscope" []

• A tube-shaped optical instrument that is rotated to produce a succession of symmetrical designs by means of mirrors reflecting the constantly changing patterns made by bits of colored glass at one end of the tube. (noun)
• A constantly changing set of colors. (noun)
• A series of changing phases or events: a kaleidoscope of illusions. (noun)

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• "When in motion, a kaleidoscope is produced which would make a peacock envious."
• "So far today we have examined the economic kaleidoscope from a perspective of macroeconomics - that's a buzzword favoured by economists looking at the big picture."
• "It was displayed in kaleidoscope for all the world to see at those Diamond Jubilee celebrations, in which men in varied uniforms gathered from all the far corners of the seven seas to march in procession and do honour to the great Queen Empress."