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Zoopraxiscope
Zoˊo-prax′i-scope
,Noun.
[
Zoo-
+ Gr. [GREEK] a doing, an acting (from [GREEK] to do) + -scope
.] An instrument similar to, or the same as, the, the phenakistoscope, by means of which pictures projected upon a screen are made to exhibit the natural movements of animals, and the like.
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zoopraxiscope
zoopraxiscope
See also: zoöpraxiscope
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zoopraxiscope (plural zoopraxiscopes)
- (photography, historical) An instrument developed by Eadweard Muybridge in the 1870's, similar to the phenakistoscope. The instrument involves a disc that includes serial pictures being rotated in front of a light source, projecting them upon a screen, to exhibit the natural movements of animals and the like.