stroboscope

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στρόβος (stróbos, whirl) and Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō, examine, inspect, look to or into, consider).

Noun

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

From strobo- + -scope.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

stroboscope m (plural stroboscopes)

  1. stroboscope

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