Definition of stroboscope in English:
stroboscope
noun ˈstrəʊbəskəʊpˈstroʊbəˌskoʊp
Physics 1An instrument for studying periodic motion or determining speeds of rotation by shining a bright light at intervals so that a moving or rotating object appears stationary.
Example sentencesExamples
- Instead, he made a kind of mechanical stroboscope.
- He also constructed his own stroboscope and kinesiscope.
- The stroboscope creates patterns and colors by interference with the brain waves.
- 1.1 A lamp made to flash intermittently, especially for this purpose.
Example sentencesExamples
- One of these toys was a stroboscope which rotated in front of a mirror and simulated moving pictures from figures drawn in it.
Derivatives
adjective strəʊbəˈskɒpɪkˌstroʊbəˈskɑpɪk
Physics A stroboscopic snapshot of the tube location is given in Fig.3, where the tube displacements in the x, y plane are clearly evident.
Example sentencesExamples
- Both are also employed in flashing stroboscopic lights that outline commercial airport runways.
- The scene is interrupted by an intense, stroboscopic sequence of teeming dancers accompanied by techno music.
- An early work, his and Binkley's stroboscopic tour de force, Caught, remains a classic of popular appeal.
- The short-lived microcavitation bubbles were visualized using time-resolved microscopy with stroboscopic illumination.
adverbstrəʊbəˈskɒpɪk(ə)li
Physics By changing this delay we stroboscopically record the response of the magnetization as a function of time.
Example sentencesExamples
- Cue a lot of chases, stroboscopically edited fight scenes, and the odd twist here and there.
- We stroboscopically display the motion of single sperical wavefronts from sources arrayed along y-axis.
adjective-ˈskɒpɪk(ə)l
Physics
Origin
Mid 19th century: from Greek strobos 'whirling' + -scope.
Definition of stroboscope in US English:
stroboscope
nounˈstrōbəˌskōpˈstroʊbəˌskoʊp
Physics 1An instrument for studying periodic motion or determining speeds of rotation by shining a momentary bright light at intervals so that a moving object appears stationary.
Example sentencesExamples
- Instead, he made a kind of mechanical stroboscope.
- The stroboscope creates patterns and colors by interference with the brain waves.
- He also constructed his own stroboscope and kinesiscope.
- 1.1 A lamp made to flash intermittently, especially for this purpose.
Example sentencesExamples
- One of these toys was a stroboscope which rotated in front of a mirror and simulated moving pictures from figures drawn in it.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from Greek strobos ‘whirling’ + -scope.