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strobe
[ strohb ]
adjective
strobe
/ strəʊb /
verb
- to give the appearance of arrested or slow motion by using intermittent illumination
strobe
/ strōb /
- A strobe light.
- A stroboscope.
- A spot of higher than normal intensity in the sweep of an indicator on a scanning device, as on a radar screen, used as a reference mark for determining the position or distance of the object scanned or detected.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of strobe1
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Example Sentences
It’s nice to have the option to turn off the strobes, because even for people who do not have physiological reactions to them, they can become annoying after prolonged periods of time.
Its built-in 4000-milliamp-hour rechargeable battery allows for sustained use, and six onboard modes including strobe and low-energy red light make it a flexible choice for a variety of outdoor and emergency situations.
They’ll be far enough from cities to protect urban residents from noise and strobe-like flickering caused by blades’ shadows, but close enough for the power to be economically delivered through electrical transmission lines.
Halfway across the Brooklyn Bridge, sunlight strobing through its towering structure, I reached for my phone and pulled my gaze away from the Uber’s windows.
A dazzling cosmic strobe has ended an enduring astronomical mystery.
He stormed legendary spots like Palladium and Tunnel, and turned them into strobe-lit dens of iniquity.
The light glinted strobe-like off the brick façade and the air momentarily filled with the paparazzi sound of camera shutters.
The strobe lights in the cardboard bleachers flash and after a second take Coco nails her walk and gets whisked away for a nap.
Camera flashes from both onstage guests and the audience shutter like strobe lights.
That morning, I escaped from the school with my classmates at the prompting of a strobe-lighted fire alarm after shots rang out.
Even a portable strobe-light gives a couple of million watts for the forty-thousandth of a second.
I'm thinking—suppose I made the field with a strobe-light power-pack—or maybe a spot-welding unit.
My vision washed over pink, and a strobe pounded at the edges of my vision.
Mandibular strobe: a broad deep groove on outer side of mandible in some Coleoptera.
One strobe of Querto's sabre had severed his faithful head from his body.
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More About Strobe
What does strobe mean?
Strobe is another name for a strobe light—a type of specialized lamp that produces a continuous series of short, bright flashes of light.
Strobe lights are also called stroboscopes or stroboscopic lamps.
Strobe can also be used as a verb meaning to flash in such a way.
The kind of rapid flashing produced by a strobe light (called strobe lighting) has the effect of seeming to freeze the movement of things in motion. This happens because the thing that’s moving—such as a person dancing—is only lit up for a fraction of a second.
Strobe lights are associated with their use at concerts, raves, and dance clubs, but they also have technical uses in photography. Because strobes produce very short, extremely bright bursts of light, they can be used in conjunction with a camera to photograph a rapidly moving object, such as a bullet, for such a short duration that it will appear to be standing still in the resulting photo. Strobes also have other scientific uses involving the measurement of vibration and other types of high-speed motion.
Strobes look like they’re just flashing on and off, but this effect is usually produced by an electric discharge in a gas or a disc that rotates in front of a light source.
Example: I hate going to concerts that use strobes—I end up having to close my eyes most of the time to shield them from the bright flashes.
Where does strobe come from?
Strobe is a relatively recent word. The first records of the word come from around the 1940s. It’s a shortening of the word stroboscopic, the first part of which comes from the Greek strobos, meaning “a twisting” or “a whirling.” (The term stroboscopic is used in terms like stroboscopic lamp and stroboscopic microscope.)
Strobe lights might look cool, but they can cause seizures in people with photosensitive epilepsy. They can also cause discomfort in people with sensitivity to light. Some TV shows and movies show a warning before they start informing viewers that strobe effects will be used.
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What are some synonyms for strobe?
- strobe light
- stroboscope
- stroboscopic lamp
What are some words that share a root or word element with strobe?
What are some words that often get used in discussing strobe?
How is strobe used in real life?
Strobes are closely associated with their use in lighting effects for concerts and raves, but they also have technical and scientific uses.
Us: we would like steady red and green lights during our set please.
Lighting directors: ok so strobes, movers, haze, orange lights, lasers, 60 black out? Got it.
— vincent bennett: filthy casual (@xDIAMONDCUTx) November 9, 2019
Artists really need to remember that people with epilepsy might want to go to their shows. All these strobe/flashing lights are really dangerous and I don’t see enough people talking about it
— Katie △⃒⃘ (@katietano) February 22, 2019
Weirdest power outage I've ever experienced here in Newport Beach. Everything is dark in the neighborhood, yet all the GFI breakers in the house keep snapping on and off. Killed our power at the main breaker to be safe. Random houses have outside lights strobing on and off.
— Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan) December 2, 2018
Try using strobe!
Which of the following words is LEAST likely to be used to describe the lighting effect produced by a strobe?
A. flashing
B. pulsing
C. uninterrupted
D. intermittent
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