strobic

British  

/ ˈstrəʊbɪk /

adjective

1. spinning or appearing to spin

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Etymology

Origin of strobic

C19: from Greek strobos act of spinning

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Example Sentences

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strobic

To scour these lanes of strobic gloom— Infernal doom by mongrels' wrought!

From Betelguese A Trip Through Hell by Jean de Esque

The apparatus is actually a cinematograph, but one which gives so many pictures in the second that they entirely fuse and the strobic movement has no trace of discontinuity.

From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Hugo Münsterberg

Such an interpretation is all the more to be expected, since, as the strobic phenomena show, even discontinuous retinal processes tend to be interpreted as continuously existing objects.

From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Hugo Münsterberg

Here, too, the cycle of strobic movements is different.

From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Hugo Münsterberg

When produced in this way, the strobic illusion is exceedingly pretty.

From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Hugo Münsterberg

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