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Webster 1913 Edition


Stroboscope

Strob′o-scope

,
Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] a whirling +
-scope
.]
1.
An instrument for studying or observing the successive phases of a periodic or varying motion by means of light which is periodically interrupted.
2.
An optical toy similar to the phenakistoscope. See
Phenakistoscope
.

Definition 2024


stroboscope

stroboscope

English

Noun

stroboscope (plural stroboscopes)

  1. Instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals.
  2. A lamp that produces short bursts of light that synchronizes with a camera shutter for photographing fast-moving objects; A photo made by such a machine.

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