strobe lighting
Britishnoun
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a high-intensity flashing beam of light produced by rapid electrical discharges in a tube or by a perforated disc rotating in front of an intense light source: used in discotheques, etc
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the use of or the apparatus for producing such light
Example Sentences
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I am about to be subjected to strobe lighting while music plays – as part of a research project trying to understand what makes us truly human.
From BBC ● May 25, 2025
The film-within-a-film ends with an on-set disaster — a burst of nightmarish imagery, all retina-scalding neon hues and strobe lighting effects — that might, for Noé, qualify as a kind of miracle.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2022
Amid much glitz and excitement in the Singapore indoor arena – think packed house, electronic billboards flashing messages in lurid pink, deafening music, colourful strobe lighting – the players are out and warming up.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 1, 2015
Similar diatribes are made throughout the hourlong piece and are interspersed with strobe lighting, mad dancing and a smashed watermelon.
From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2014
“Now for the first time, you have total control over your lights,” says Bosua, who presents the Kickstarter video and even does a robot dance during a demo of the bulbs’ strobe lighting option.
From Forbes ● Sep. 17, 2012
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