stroboscope.
Instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
From Ancient Greek στρόβος (stróbos, “whirl”) and Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō, “examine, inspect, look to or into, consider”). From strobo- + scope.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.