zoetrope
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Formed irregularly from Greek ζωή ‘life’ + -τροπος ‘turning’.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA: /ˈzəʊɪtrəʊp/
Noun[edit]
zoetrope (plural zoetropes)
- An optical toy, in which figures made to revolve on the inside of a cylinder, and viewed through slits in its circumference, appear like a single figure passing through a series of natural motions as if animated or mechanically moved.
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- 1993: This was the way I passed through the remainder of my childhood. The zoetrope span smoothly, time’s Chief Designer narrowed the legs of trousers and decreed that the cars should be more aerodynamic. — Will Self, My Idea of Fun
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