zoetrope
a device for giving an illusion of motion, consisting of a slitted drum that, when whirled, shows a succession of images placed opposite the slits within the drum as one moving image.
Origin of zoetrope
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How to use zoetrope in a sentence
After Lucy Fisher became head of production for Francis Coppola's zoetrope Studios, he could barely contain his envy.
Doug Kenney: The Odd Comic Genius Behind ‘Animal House’ and National Lampoon | Robert Sam Anson | March 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAvenues of poplars on both sides of the road chased each other like the figures in a zoetrope.
The Ball and The Cross | G.K. ChestertonIf they happened to pass on a bicycle it was the merest zoetrope-flicker and they were gone.
The Tower of Oblivion | Oliver OnionsWith the discovery of instantaneous photography, a new application of the principle of the zoetrope was found.
My zoetrope thus worked off itself, and piled up Karma for all the village whether anyone happened to be looking at it or not.
Hilda Wade | Grant Allen
The zoetrope, or Wheel of Life, which appeared first in 1860, is a modification of the same idea.
The Romance of Modern Invention | Archibald Williams
British Dictionary definitions for zoetrope
/ (ˈzəʊɪˌtrəʊp) /
a cylinder-shaped toy with a sequence of pictures on its inner surface which, when viewed through the vertical slits spaced regularly around it while the toy is rotated, produce an illusion of animation
Origin of zoetrope
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