stroboscopic
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a word derived from
stroboscope.
stroboscopenouna device for studying the motion of a body, especially a body in rapid revolution or vibration, by making the motion appear to slow down or stop, as by periodically illuminating the body or viewing it through widely spaced openings in a revolving disk.
Example Sentences
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The city received 24 complaints over the weekend from people who said the bright lights and stroboscopic effect of the sign caused “distress and nausea.”
From Washington Times ● Aug. 1, 2023
I knew I wanted the lights behind the three witches to be stroboscopic with colors and lights.
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2022
The resulting collage-y, split-screen, stroboscopic gimmick wears a bit thin at times, and makes it sometimes hard to follow the exact chronology of the story, without a conventional narrator or on-screen dates and place names.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 13, 2021
The early chases and fights are hectic, stroboscopic messes, evidence less of the innovative power of digital effects than of the creative fatigue they can induce.
From New York Times ● May 5, 2016
There was a stroboscopic flash and a bang, and a lightning bolt whacked an olive tree.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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