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Webster 1913 Edition


Praxinoscope

Prax-in′o-scope

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Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] action +
-scope
.]
(Opt.)
An instrument, similar to the phenakistoscope, for presenting to view, or projecting upon a screen, images the natural motions of real objects.

Definition 2024


praxinoscope

praxinoscope

English

A praxinoscope

Noun

praxinoscope (plural praxinoscopes)

  1. An animation device invented in 1877 and used in early image projection