stroboscopen.
/ˈstrəʊbəskəʊp/, /ˈstrɒbəskəʊp/, U.S. /ˈstroʊbəˌskoʊp/ a. A scientific toy which produces the illusion of motion by a series of pictures viewed through the openings of a revolving disc.
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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
1836 Rec. Gen. Sci. 3 114 Stroboscope.—Stampfer has invented some interesting stroboscopical tables, or glasses, founded upon a similar principle with the thaumatoscopical figures.
1882 L. Campbell & W. Garnett Life J. C. Maxwell ii. 36 A scientific toy had recently come into vogue, an improvement on the thaumatrope, called variously by the names ‘phenakistoscope’, ‘stroboscope’, or ‘magic disc’.
b. An instrument for observing the successive phases of a periodic motion by means of light periodically interrupted.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instruments for observing > [noun] > stroboscope or oscilloscope
stroboscope1896
oscilloscope1922
strobe1942
strobe disc1942
1896 F. A. Welby tr. Biedermann Electro-physiol. I. 409 If two interrupters are used, one of which is connected with the capillary electrometer, the other with the stroboscope.
1903 Engineering 18 Dec. 837/1 A special differential stroboscope, in which the motor was illuminated only once in every two revolutions.
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