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strobe

[ strohb ]
/ stroʊb /
Photography Informal.
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noun

Also called strobe light. stroboscope(def 2a).

adjective

stroboscopic.

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RELATED WORDS

searchlight, stroboscope

Nearby words

  1. striptease,
  2. stripteaser,
  3. stripy,
  4. strive,
  5. striven,
  6. strobe light,
  7. strobe lighting,
  8. strobe tuner,
  9. strobic,
  10. strobila

Origin of strobe

First recorded in 1940–45; shortened form
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British Dictionary definitions for strobe

strobe

/ (strəʊb) /

noun

short for strobe lighting, stroboscope

verb

to give the appearance of arrested or slow motion by using intermittent illumination
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Word Origin and History for strobe

strobe

n.

1942, shortening of stroboscope "instrument for studying motion by periodically interrupted light" (1896), from Greek strobos "act of whirling" + -scope.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Science definitions for strobe

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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