stroboscope

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English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek στρόβος (stróbos, whirl) +‎ -scope.

Noun

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stroboscope (plural stroboscopes)

  1. Instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals.
  2. A lamp that produces short bursts of light that synchronizes with a camera shutter for photographing fast-moving objects.
  3. A photograph produced by such a machine.

Translations


French

Etymology

strobo- +‎ -scope

Noun

stroboscope m (plural stroboscopes)

  1. stroboscope

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