What is "kaleidoscope"

Kaleidoscope \Ka*lei"do*scope\, n. [Gr. ? beautiful + e'i^dos form + -scope.] An instrument invented by Sir David Brewster, which contains loose fragments of colored glass, etc., and reflecting surfaces so arranged that changes of position exhibit its contents in an endless variety of beautiful colors and symmetrical forms. It has been much employed in arts of design.

Shifting like the fragments of colored glass in the kaleidoscope.
--G. W. Cable.

1817, literally "observer of beautiful forms," coined by its inventor, Scottish scientist David Brewster (1781-1868), from Greek kalos "beautiful" (see Callisto) + eidos "shape" (see -oid) + -scope, on model of telescope, etc. They sold by the thousands in the few years after their invention, but Brewster failed to secure a patent.\n

\nFigurative meaning "constantly changing pattern" is first attested 1819 in Lord Byron, whose publisher had sent him one of the toys. As a verb, from 1891. A kaleidophone (1827) was invented by English physicist Sir Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875) to make sound waves visible.

n. 1 A tube of mirrors containing loose coloured beads etc. that is rotated to produce a succession of symmetrical designs. 2 A constantly changing set of colours, or other things. vb. (context intransitive English) To move in shifting patterns.

n. an optical toy in a tube; it produces symmetrical patterns as bits of colored glass are reflected by mirrors

A kaleidoscope is an optical instrument, typically a cylinder with mirrors containing loose, colored objects such as beads or pebbles and bits of glass. As the viewer looks into one end, light entering the other end creates a colorful pattern, due to repeated reflection in the mirrors.

Kaleidoscope is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Kelis, released on December 7, 1999 by Virgin Records. It was produced by The Neptunes. Despite underperforming in Kelis' home country, the album saw mild success in certain international markets, including the United Kingdom, where it charted at number 43 and was certified gold.

Kaleidoscope is the third studio album by English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees, released in 1980 by record label Polydor. With the arrival of two new musicians, Budgie on drums and John McGeoch on guitars, the band changed their musical direction and offered an album containing a wide variety of colors. "It was almost a different band", said Siouxsie.

The album was preceded by the hit singles " Happy House" and " Christine". In the UK, Kaleidoscope quickly became their most successful album to date, climbing at N°5 in the albums chart.

Kaleidoscope (originally The Kaleidoscope) was an American psychedelic folk and ethnic band who recorded 4 albums and several singles for Epic Records between 1966 and 1970. The band membership included David Lindley, who later released numerous solo albums and won additional renown as a multi-instrumentalist session musician.

Kaleidoscope was a British television programme, transmitted on BBC Television Service from 1946 until 1953. A light entertainment show, it was one of the most popular programmes of the immediate post- war era.

The first episode was transmitted on 2 November 1946; thereafter, it was usually transmitted at 8:30pm on Friday evenings. Initially, it was a thirty-minute broadcast airing every other week, alternating with the early sitcom Pinwright's Progress, but later in its run, the episodes increased to one hour.

The programme had a variety of different features, including 'Collector's Corner,' in which antiques expert Iris Brooke would show various items of interest; 'Word Play,' a charades game performed by young actors and actresses from the Rank Organisation's "Company of Youth," also known as the "Charm School;" the 'Memory Man' ( Leslie Welch) and 'Be Your Own Detective,' a series of short thrillers designed to test the viewers' powers of observation, written by Mileson Horton in a similar style to his earlier series Telecrime. There were also various comedy sketches – Tony Hancock had his first regular television role on the programme, appearing for four episodes in 1951.

Kaleidoscope was transmitted live from the BBC's studios at Alexandra Palace. McDonald Hobley acted as the presenter, and it was initially produced by John Irwin. The final episode was shown on 26 June 1953.

A kaleidoscope is a tube of mirrors containing small colored objects.

Kaleidoscope may also refer to:

Kaleidoscope was a BBC Radio 4 arts programme which began in 1973. It ended with the major schedule changes that occurred in April 1998, when it was replaced by Front Row.

Kaleidoscope is an English psychedelic rock band from London that originally were active between 1967 and 1970. The band's songs combined the elements of psychedelia with lyrics. The band were also known at various times as The Sidekicks, The Key, I Luv Wight and Fairfield Parlour.

Kaleidoscope is the second solo album released by former Helloween guitarist Roland Grapow.

Kaleidoscope is a 1987 novel by Danielle Steel, published by Delacorte Press (see 1987 in literature). It was adapted into an NBC television movie in 1990 starring Jaclyn Smith and Perry King.

The Kaleidoscope programming language is a constraint programming language embedding constraints into an imperative object-oriented language. It adds keywords always, once, and assert..during (formerly while..assert) to make statements about relational invariants. Objects have constraint constructors, which are not methods, to enforce the meanings of user-defined datatypes.

There are three versions of Kaleidoscope which show an evolution from declarative to an increasingly imperative style. Differences between them are as follows.

Kaleidoscope'90

Kaleidoscope'91

Kaleidoscope'93

Constraint Evaluation

Lazy

Eager

Eager

Variables

Hold streams

Hold streams

Imperative

Concurrent Constraints

Strict

Strict

Non-strict

Syntax

Smalltalk-like

Algol-like

Algol-like

Constraint Model

Refinement

Refinement

Perturbation

Method Dispatching

Single

Multiple

Multiple

Assignment

As a constraint

As a constraint

Destructive

Kaleidoscope is a 1966 British crime film starring Warren Beatty and Susannah York.

The film had its World Premiere on 8 September 1966 at the Warner Theatre in the West End of London.

Kaleidoscope was an underground newspaper that was published in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Founded by John Kois, radio disk jockey Bob Reitman, and John Sahli (a member of The Shags), it was published from October 6, 1967 to November 11, 1971, printing 105 biweekly issues in all. The paper's first issue was printed with a borrowed $250 in an edition of 3500 copies, which sold out in two days.

In the first anniversary issue of Kaleidoscope a brief history of the paper's origins appeared:

'"The need for a Milwaukee-based underground newspaper was apparent early in 1967. It was talked about, tentative plans made and loose alliances formed, throughout the spring and summer, but nothing definite was done until July, when George Richard, a happy man of business, offered to underwrite the first issue. The first "staff" meeting was held in the Knickerbocker Coffee Shop. It was quite a crew: Bob Reitman, cemetery managing rock freak poet; John Sahli, industrial designing former gentle Shag; and John Kois, drifter free lance writer recently escaped from the coast."'

From its first issue, Kaleidoscope was subject to censorship attempts, including arrest of vendors in some suburbs and a drive to put its printer out of business; one case went to the U.S. Supreme Court (after the newspaper had folded), which ruled in Kois v. Wisconsin that the newspaper's publication of two photos and a poem entitled “Sex Poem” in an article about censorship did not constitute obscenity. "One of the requirements to get on this paper," John Kois told a reporter for Rolling Stone, "is that you have to dig fucking and doping."

Kaleidoscope was an affiliate of the Liberation News Service (LNS) and Underground Press Syndicate (UPS). It finally succumbed after four years to a combination of financial pressures, internal factionalism and burn-out. The 1971 death of printer Bill Schanen, who withstood a boycott of his printing business after he started printing the undergrounds on his presses, may also have been a factor in the paper's demise. Schanen's son continued to print the paper but refused to extend any more credit. With the paper $15,000 in debt to 42 creditors, and revenues sinking fast, it soon folded.

At various times, Kaleidoscope also published several sister papers around the upper Midwest: the Chicago Kaleidoscope (first issue dated Nov. 22-Dec. 5 1968, later merged with the Chicago Seed); Omaha Kaleidoscope; Fox Valley Kaleidoscope (based in Oshkosh, Wisconsin), and the Madison Kaleidoscope. There was also a short-lived affiliate in Indianapolis. These papers shared a common printer (Bill Schanen in Port Washington, Wisconsin), and sold advertising space to national advertisers that ran in all the active papers of the chain. Each ran local and hard news in a front section which was combined with a shared second section edited in Milwaukee, containing less parochial material (mostly arts and culture) derived or reprinted from national and syndicated sources. This latter "Part II" was also sold to other underground newspapers to be used as a supplement to their local content. Advertising revenue from this source was greatly diminished starting in 1969 after the FBI allegedly pressured advertisers such as Columbia Records to quit running advertisements in the underground press; although some observers have also attributed the sharp falloff in record company advertising which was experienced by all of the underground press to the rise of specialized rock music papers like '' Rolling Stone.

Kaleidoscope also operated two peripheral businesses in Milwaukee: the Granfalloon coffeehouse, and the Interabang bookstore at 1668 N. Warren Ave.

After Kaleidoscope ceased publication in late 1971 a number of staffers joined the Bugle-American. Kois ended up working for Al Goldstein's Screw magazine. Reitman continued to work as a radio personality in Milwaukee, where he is still on the radio one night a week as of June 2016.

Kaleidoscope is the second album from Christian pop singer Rachael Lampa, released in 2002 on Word Records.

Kaleidoscope is the first single by Japanese ex- Schwarz Stein vocalist Kaya. It was released on June 28, 2006 and peaked at 15th on the Oricon Indies charts during the first week of its release.

Both tracks on "Kaleidoscope" have a distinct digital-gothic sound and were composed by ex-Velvet Eden keyboardist KALM. Limited to 1000 copies.

Kaleidoscope is a catalogue and online based retailer specialising in women’s fashion and accessories, but also stocking homewear and electricals. Kaleidoscope is owned by Freemans Grattan Holdings (previously named Otto UK), which is in turn owned by Otto GmbH – one of the largest retailers in the world with over 50,000 employees at 123 companies across more than 20 countries.

Freemans Grattan Holdings largely operates in the UK through brands including Freemans, Grattan, Kaleidoscope, Oli, Look Again, Bon Prix and Witt. The company also owns Hermes (Previously named Parcelnet) – A European home delivery courier company

Kaleidoscope is the fourth studio album by Dutch trance artist Tiësto, released on 6 October 2009 on Musical Freedom, Tiësto's new label in association with PIAS Recordings. The album contains collaborations with Nelly Furtado, Emily Haines of Metric, Tegan and Sara, Jónsi of Sigur Rós, Kele Okereke of Bloc Party, and Calvin Harris among others.

The album also features the song " I Will Be Here" with Australian dance act Sneaky Sound System, which was released as the lead single on 28 July 2009. This album marks the change in Tiesto's style from trance towards more commercial house, dance and pop. The album entered the Dutch album charts at number 2. It also debuted at number 20 on the UK album charts and at number 5 on the Irish and Mexican album charts.

Kaleidoscope is a collection of science fiction, fantasy and alternate history stories by Harry Turtledove, first published in paperback by Ballantine Books in April 1990. It was later gathered together with his novel Noninterference and collection Earthgrip into the omnibus collection 3 X T, published in hardcover by Baen Books in 2004.

The book contains thirteen short short stories and novelettes.

Kaleidoscope, also known as Danielle Steel's Kaleidoscope, is a 1990 made for television romantic drama film directed by Jud Taylor. The film is based upon the 1987 novel of the same name by Danielle Steel.

Kaleidoscope is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt compiling tracks recorded in 1950-52 and released on the Prestige label in 1957. The 1991 CD reissue added four bonus tracks to the original LP.

Kaleidoscope is the fourth studio album by progressive rock band Transatlantic. It was released on January 27, 2014.

Transatlantic released a music video for the song "Shine" on 2 December 2013. Two weeks later, the band's cover of the Yes song " And You and I", a bonus track on Kaleidoscope, was released on record label Inside Out's SoundCloud page. A video for "Black as the Sky" was released on 27 January 2014 to coincide with the album's release. On Sept 11, 2014, Kaleidoscope won 'Album of the Year' at the third annual Progressive Music Awards.

Kaleidoscope, written by Arlo Rose and Greg Landweber, utilized a proprietary framework to apply "schemes" to the Macintosh GUI, well before Apple released the Appearance Manager system with Mac OS 8 (later updated in Mac OS 8.5, providing similar functionality using "themes"). Whereas only a handful of Appearance themes were ever developed, tens of thousands of Kaleidoscope schemes were developed.

When theme support in the Appearance Control Panel was first announced, the team responsible for it demonstrated an automatic tool specifically designed to convert existing Kaleidoscope scheme files into Appearance Manager-compatible theme files. This tool was never released to the public.

Kaleidoscope remained the primary theme platform, even after the Appearance Control Panel offered theme capabilities in Mac OS 8.5. Steve Jobs returned to Apple just before the release of Mac OS 8.5, and he decided to officially drop support for themes because he wanted to preserve a consistent user interface. Because of this, Apple released little documentation for the theme format, withheld their own beta-released themes, and even issued a cease and desist notice to the authors of a third-party theme editor on grounds that it was intended to allow users to create themes that imitate the Aqua interface in Mac OS X. At the same time, the format of Kaleidoscope schemes continued to evolve. As a result, Kaleidoscope schemes proliferated while Appearance themes never really took off. Kaleidoscope was only rendered obsolete with the transition to Mac OS X, with which Kaleidoscope is not compatible.

Kaleidoscope is a 1971 album by Nancy Wilson. It was released in conjunction with her 1971 Caesars Palace engagement with Harry Belafonte.

Kaleidoscope are an American female Christian music pop duo of Cammie Avers and Natalie Brown, who play a Christian pop and worship style of music. They originally met while they were attending Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. Their first extended play, Kaleidoscope, was released in 2015.