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stroboscope

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
stroboscope /ˈstrəʊbəskəʊp/

▶noun Physics an instrument which shines a bright light at rapid intervals so that a moving or rotating object appears stationary.

– derivatives
stroboscopic adjective,
stroboscopically adverb.

– origin C19: from Gk strobos ‘whirling’ + -scope.

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