stroboscopicadj.
/strəʊbəˈskɒpɪk/, /strɒbəˈskɒpɪk/, U.S. /ˌstroʊbəˈskɑpɪk/ Relating to, of the nature of, the stroboscope. Also, involving or pertaining to rapid flashes of light.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instruments for observing > [adjective] > stroboscope or oscilloscope
stroboscopical1836
stroboscopic1846
strobe1942
the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > artificial light defined by light-source > electric light > [adjective] > relating to strobe lighting
stroboscopic1846
1846 Hoblyn Dict. Sci. Terms Stroboscopic Plates, an apparatus invented by Stampfer of Vienna, by which an impression is produced on the retina of an uninterrupted line of light by the rapid motion of a luminous object.
1873 Dolbear in Prescott Telephone (1879) 263 This was done by filling an organ bellows with smoke, and examining it through a stroboscopic disk while escaping from the pipe.
1874 Pop. Sci. Rev. XIII. 105 The Stroboscopic Determination of the Pitch of Tones.
1883 Science 1 72/1 A new stroboscopic method in which a fork is..kept in vibration by electro-magnets.
1949 H. Luray Strobe i. 22 Real stroboscopic lighting equipment with ample light output can do wonderful things.
1959 L. A. Mannheim Successful Flash Photogr. 130 (heading) Stroboscopic shots.
1959 L. A. Mannheim Successful Flash Photogr. 130 A stroboscopic flash outfit.
1971 Nature 11 June 397/2 Lately there has been a fad in this area for dances to be held under stroboscopic lighting.
1980 J. W. Hill Intermediate Physics iv. 35 Stroboscopic photography (where photographs are taken by a camera at intervals of fractions of seconds on the same film) shows this.
Derivatives
stroboˈscopical adj. = stroboscopic adj.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instruments for observing > [adjective] > stroboscope or oscilloscope
stroboscopical1836
stroboscopic1846
strobe1942
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.
1877 Catal. Special Coll. Sci. Apparatus S. Kensington Mus. (ed. 3) 1046 Stroboscopical discs on the systems of Dove, Poggendorff, &c.
stroboˈscopically adv. by means of a stroboscope or stroboscopic illumination.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instruments for observing > [adverb] > stroboscope
stroboscopically1919
1919 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 5 174 All measurements were made by the Michelson interferometer viewed stroboscopically.
1932 London, Edinb. & Dublin Philos. Mag. 7th Ser. 13 163 The nature of the instability induced by sound in smoke jets has been examined stroboscopically and by means of photography.
1951 Electronic Engin. 23 430/1 The valve structure may be observed stroboscopically while subjected to vibration and the offending portion detected visually.
1977 D. Goldstein et al. Test Syst. for Eval. of Armors (U.S. Patent 4,044,599) By using stroboscopically-controlled illumination, the high-speed flight of the fragments can be captured on one photograph.
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adj.1836