praxinoscopen.

Brit.

/ˈpraksɪnəskəʊp/,

/prakˈsɪnəskəʊp/, U.S.

/ˈpræksənəˌskoʊp/,

/prækˈsɪnəˌskoʊp/

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from French. Etymon: French praxinoscope.

Etymology: Apparently < French praxinoscope (although this is apparently first attested later: attributed to C. E. Reynaud by G. Tissandier in 1879; compare quot. 1882), irregularly < ancient Greek πρᾶξις action (see praxis n.) + French -o- -o- connective + -scope -scope comb. form, with inserted -n- (perhaps after Greek adjectives in -ινος -ine suffix², although the adjective formed from πρᾶξις is in fact Hellenistic Greek πράξιμος (of money) recoverable).

Now chiefly historical.

A toy resembling a zoetrope, in which a series of figures representing successive positions of a moving object are arranged on the inner surface of a broad, shallow, cylindrical or polygonal drum which is open at the top and has in the middle a corresponding series of mirrors in which the figures are reflected, so that when the drum is rapidly rotated, the persistence of the successive visual images produces the impression of actual motion.

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

1878 C. E. Reynaud Brit. Patent 4244/1877 1 An Improved Apparatus for the Production of Optical Illusions called the ‘Praxinoscope’... The object of this Invention is to produce the illusion of motion by means of Drawings representing the successive phases of an action.

1882 Nature 16 Nov. 60/2 M. Gaston Tissandier describes in La Nature an ingenious adaptation of the praxinoscope,..by means of which the images are projected on a screen, and are visible to a large assembly.

1891 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 98 We have all heard of Mr. Eadweard Muybridge and his studies of galloping horses, etc. Some of us have even been fortunate enough to see the real things as exhibited by his praxinoscope.

1929 Times 19 Mar. p. vi (caption) The ‘Praxinoscope’, one of the earliest inventions for showing moving pictures... The pictures were viewed in the mirror arranged on the inner drum.

1975 Sci. Amer. Dec. 134/2 What you get are outlines and black-and-white images on heavy paper, ready to cut out and make up into a zoetrope or a praxinoscope.

1992 Daily Tel. 26 Mar. 17/1 Extravagantly named optical toys—zoetropes and praxinoscopes and phenakistiscopes—were the Nintendo Game Boys of their day, and no smart drawing-room could be without one.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	praxinoscope
释义	praxinoscopen. Brit. /ˈpraksɪnəskəʊp/, /prakˈsɪnəskəʊp/, U.S. /ˈpræksənəˌskoʊp/, /prækˈsɪnəˌskoʊp/ Origin: Apparently a borrowing from French. Etymon: French praxinoscope. Etymology: Apparently < French praxinoscope (although this is apparently first attested later: attributed to C. E. Reynaud by G. Tissandier in 1879; compare quot. 1882), irregularly < ancient Greek πρᾶξις action (see praxis n.) + French -o- -o- connective + -scope -scope comb. form, with inserted -n- (perhaps after Greek adjectives in -ινος -ine suffix², although the adjective formed from πρᾶξις is in fact Hellenistic Greek πράξιμος (of money) recoverable). Now chiefly historical. A toy resembling a zoetrope, in which a series of figures representing successive positions of a moving object are arranged on the inner surface of a broad, shallow, cylindrical or polygonal drum which is open at the top and has in the middle a corresponding series of mirrors in which the figures are reflected, so that when the drum is rapidly rotated, the persistence of the successive visual images produces the impression of actual motion. 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 1878 C. E. Reynaud Brit. Patent 4244/1877 1 An Improved Apparatus for the Production of Optical Illusions called the ‘Praxinoscope’... The object of this Invention is to produce the illusion of motion by means of Drawings representing the successive phases of an action. 1882 Nature 16 Nov. 60/2 M. Gaston Tissandier describes in La Nature an ingenious adaptation of the praxinoscope,..by means of which the images are projected on a screen, and are visible to a large assembly. 1891 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 98 We have all heard of Mr. Eadweard Muybridge and his studies of galloping horses, etc. Some of us have even been fortunate enough to see the real things as exhibited by his praxinoscope. 1929 Times 19 Mar. p. vi (caption) The ‘Praxinoscope’, one of the earliest inventions for showing moving pictures... The pictures were viewed in the mirror arranged on the inner drum. 1975 Sci. Amer. Dec. 134/2 What you get are outlines and black-and-white images on heavy paper, ready to cut out and make up into a zoetrope or a praxinoscope. 1992 Daily Tel. 26 Mar. 17/1 Extravagantly named optical toys—zoetropes and praxinoscopes and phenakistiscopes—were the Nintendo Game Boys of their day, and no smart drawing-room could be without one. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1878
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