单词 | phenakistoscope |
释义 | phenakistoscopen. A toy consisting of a disc or drum with figures representing a moving object in successive positions arranged radially on it, to be viewed in such a way (e.g., through a fixed slit) that the persistence of the successive visual images produces the impression of actual motion when the disc or drum is rapidly rotated. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > optical and scientific toys > [noun] multiplying-glass1639 Cartesian devil1731 kaleidoscope1817 myriorama1823 thaumatrope1827 bottle imp1833 phantasmascope1833 phenakistoscope1834 stroboscope1836 anorthoscope1842 tantalus-cup1842 phantascope1851 phantoscope1861 Pharaoh's serpent1863 phosphoroscope1866 zoetrope1866 wheel of life1872 praxinoscope1878 zoopraxiscope1881 phantoscope1894 Newton's cradle1971 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instruments for observing > [noun] > thaumatrope phenakistoscope1834 kalotrope1846 wheel of life1872 wheel of colour1877 1834 Edinb. Rev. 59 160 The ingenious improver of that beautiful instrument called the Phenakistoscope. 1838 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 512/2 The phenakistoscope..was, we believe originally invented by Dr. Roget, and improved by M. Plateau, at Brussels, and Mr. Faraday. 1882 Life J. C. Maxwell ii. 36 A scientific toy..called by the names phenakistoscope, stroboscope or magic disc. 1955 Times 18 July 3/4 The exhibition takes us back..to Plateau's Phénakistiscope, in which pictures, mounted on the inside of a circular revolving drum and viewed through slits, first created the illusion of continuous movement. 1992 Daily Tel. 26 Mar. 17/1 Extravagantly named optical toys—zoetropes and praxinoscopes and phenakistiscopes—were the Nintendo Game Boys of their day. 2003 Providence (Rhode Island) Jrnl.-Bull. (Nexis) 18 July c6 Invent cars, build upside-down mobiles and explore phenakistascopes and chromatography today. Derivatives phenakistoˈscopic adj. rare resembling or reminiscent of a phenakistoscope. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instruments for observing > [adjective] > thaumatrope phenakistoscopic1934 1934 V. M. Yeates Winged Victory 162 It was gone, and beyond a phenakistoscopic veil he saw the flying moons and spheres caught in webs and dragged away. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1834 |
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