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stroboscopic

  • a word derived from stroboscope.
    stroboscope
    noun
    a 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.

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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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