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stroboscope


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stroboscope  \Strob"o*scope\,  n.  [Gr.  ?  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}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  stroboscope 
  n  :  a  flashing  light  synchronized  with  the  periodic  movement  of 
  an  object  makes  it  appear  stationary 




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