stroboscopic
- a word derived from stroboscope.
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
How did you come to make this film, which feels like a fun side project between features, or a way for you to experiment with split screen and stroboscopic effects?
From Salon • Apr. 30, 2022
His organs surged forward and Stapp’s visual field went from black to yellow in a stroboscopic flash.
From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2015
A 120-Hz flicker is too rapid for your eyes to detect, but if you wave your hand back and forth between your face and a fluorescent light, you will see a stroboscopic effect evidencing AC.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
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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