单词 | zoopraxiscope |
释义 | zoopraxiscope[ zoh-uh-prak-suh-skohp ] / ˌzoʊ əˈpræk səˌskoʊp / noun Movies.an early type of motion-picture projector, designed by Eadweard Muybridge, in which the images were drawings or photographs placed along the rim of a circular glass plate, the shutter was a rotating opaque disk with radial slots, and a limelight source was used. Origin of zoopraxiscopezoo- + praxi- as combining form of Greek práxis action, praxis + -scope; term introduced by Muybridge about 1881, replacing his own earlier term zoogyriscope Words nearby zoopraxiscopezoophorus, zoophyte, zooplankter, zooplankton, zooplasty, zoopraxiscope, zoosemiotics, zoosperm, zoosporangium, zoospore, zoosterol Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for zoopraxiscope
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