stroboscopyn.
/strə(ʊ)ˈbɒskəpi/ (a) The use of stroboscopic techniques or apparatus. (b) Stroboscopic effects.
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microscopy1665
telescopy1802
photometry1807
stereoscopy1861
polariscopy1872
ultramicroscopy1906
pseudoscopy1910
fluorescence microscopy1932
stroboscopy1932
electron microscopy1934
phase microscopy1946
X-ray microscopy1948
strioscopy1967
stereoviewing1968
transmission electron microscopy1968
photopolarimetry1974
STM1982
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instruments for observing > [noun] > stroboscope or oscilloscope > effects
stroboscopy1932
1932 Sun (Baltimore) 17 Sept. 16/4 Such effects are produced through the principle of stroboscopy, applications of which already make possible the photography of rapidly whirling objects.
1971 Chin-Wu Kim in W. O. Dingwall Surv. Linguistic Sci. 22 A slowed-down or stationary appearance in stroboscopy is due to an electro~mechanical apparatus of the stroboscope.
1980 S. L. Lyons Exterior Lighting ii. 31 A special effect of flicker is that termed stroboscopy in which rotating or rhythmically moving objects may give the illusion of being stationary.
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