Stroboscope

Word STROBOSCOPE
Character 11
Hyphenation strob o scope
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Stroboscope"

What do we mean by stroboscope?

Any of various instruments used to observe moving objects by making them appear stationary, especially with pulsed illumination or mechanical devices that intermittently interrupt observation. noun

An instrument used in the study of the periodic motion of a body, as one in rapid revolution or vibration, by illuminating it at frequent intervals (for example, by electric sparks or by a beam of light made intermittent by passing through a moving perforated plate), or again by viewing it through the openings of a revolving disk: also used as a toy. The phenakistoscope and zoëtrope represent one form of stroboscope. noun

An instrument for studying or observing the successive phases of a periodic or varying motion by means of light which is periodically interrupted. noun

An optical toy similar to the phenakistoscope. See Phenakistoscope. noun

Instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals. noun

A lamp that produces short bursts of light that synchronizes with a camera shutter for photographing fast-moving objects; A photo made by such a machine. noun

Scientific instrument that provides a flashing light synchronized with the periodic movement of an object; can make moving object appear stationary noun

Instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals.

A lamp that produces short bursts of light that synchronizes with a camera shutter for photographing fast-moving objects.

A photograph produced by such a machine.

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The word "stroboscope" in example sentences

Until the invention of the stroboscope, scientists could not understand how hummingbirds hover. ❋ Sy Montgomery (2010)

With a flash duration of one hundred-thousandth of a second, the stroboscope finally revealed the motion of wings that had been too fast for other cameras to capture. ❋ Sy Montgomery (2010)

The flashes were like an irregular stroboscope and the rumbling was like an enormous building was being demolished nearby. ❋ Nathreee (2007)

Using a stroboscope and laser, a team led by Swedish researcher Johan Mauritsson, assistant professor in atomic physics at Lund University, went beyond measuring the end result of an electron's interaction, they tracked and filmed its process. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Their method involved using a stroboscope and a laser that uses attosecond pulses to film electron motion. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In 1926 Edgerton had begun research which continued when he joined the faculty at MIT that ended with the stroboscope: illuminating spinning turbine blades with a light flashing at the same speed as they were spinning, thus “freezing” the image of a single blade for examination. ❋ James Burke (2007)

They even have Strobe Lab, including the required lab experiments student must supply own stroboscope, rifle, ammunition, and target objects. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Using a stroboscope, which can flash 100 times a second or more, single-image photographs can capture every split second of high-speed maneuvers such as figure skating jumps. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The trestle spars flashed past like a stroboscope. ❋ Child, Lee (2005)

In time, the batteries ran out on the stroboscope, and the giant who was shaking the cell like an unopened Christmas parcel finally got bored and put it down on the floor again. ❋ Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- (2000)

Light seemed to flare inside his mind, casting everything in hard-edged, discrete flashes, like a stroboscope. ❋ Shatner, William (1999)

The movements of the vocal cords are so slight as to be observable only with the aid of a specially devised apparatus, the stroboscope. ❋ Unknown (1894)

It has been seen that this stroboscope is not different in principle from the illusion of the resolution-bands which this paper has aimed to explain. ❋ Various (1889)

One of the most suitable places to experience the Illeists is surely the sweating stroboscope-atmosphere of an electro party. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Nicole Catrett, who works at the Exploratium, brought a stroboscope that she'd built. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It enables exposure times of 0.3 millionth of a second (300 nanoseconds) - much faster than conventional photoflash units (50 microseconds) and industrial stroboscope lamps (one microsecond). ❋ Unknown (2010)

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