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PRONUNCIATION OF PHENAKISTOSCOPE

phenakistoscope  [ˌfɛnəˈkɪstəˌskəʊp] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHENAKISTOSCOPE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Phenakistoscope is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PHENAKISTOSCOPE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

phenakistoscope

Phenakistoscope

The phenakistoscope was an early animation device that used a spinning disk of sequential images and the persistence of vision principle to create an illusion of motion.

Definition of phenakistoscope in the English dictionary

The definition of phenakistoscope in the dictionary is an early form of a zoetrope in which figures are depicted in different poses around the edge of a disc. When the disc is spun, and the figures observed through the apertures around the edge of the disc, they appear to be moving.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PHENAKISTOSCOPE


arthroscope
ˈɑːθrəˌskəʊp
bioscope
ˈbaɪəˌskəʊp
bronchoscope
ˈbrɒŋkəˌskəʊp
chronoscope
ˈkrɒnəˌskəʊp
CinemaScope
ˈsɪnɪməˌskəʊp
colposcope
ˈkɒlpəˌskəʊp
diascope
ˈdaɪəˌskəʊp
gyroscope
ˈdʒaɪrəˌskəʊp
horoscope
ˈhɒrəˌskəʊp
kaleidoscope
kəˈlaɪdəˌskəʊp
laparoscope
ˈlæpərəˌskəʊp
laryngoscope
ləˈrɪŋɡəˌskəʊp
microscope
ˈmaɪkrəˌskəʊp
ophthalmoscope
ɒfˈθælməˌskəʊp
oscilloscope
ɒˈsɪləˌskəʊp
rotoscope
ˈrəʊtəˌskəʊp
spectroscope
ˈspɛktrəˌskəʊp
stereoscope
ˈstɛrɪəˌskəʊp
stethoscope
ˈstɛθəˌskəʊp
stroboscope
ˈstrəʊbəˌskəʊp

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHENAKISTOSCOPE

phenacaine
phenacetin
phenacite
phenakism
phenakite
phenanthrene
phenarsazine
phenarsazine chloride
phenate
phenazine
phencyclidine
phene
phenetic
pheneticist
phenetics
phenetidine
phenetole
phenformin
phengite
phengophobia

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHENAKISTOSCOPE

astronomical telescope
borescope
compound microscope
confocal microscope
cope
cystoscope
electron microscope
endoscope
fluoroscope
Hubble space telescope
Hubble telescope
kinescope
kinetoscope
mutoscope
otoscope
periscope
polariscope
radio telescope
scanning electron microscope
scope
telescope

Synonyms and antonyms of phenakistoscope in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «phenakistoscope» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PHENAKISTOSCOPE

Find out the translation of phenakistoscope to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of phenakistoscope from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «phenakistoscope» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

费纳奇镜
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Phenakistoscope
570 millions of speakers

English

phenakistoscope
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

phenakistoscope
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

phenakistoscope
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

phenakistoscope
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

phenakistoscope
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

phenakistoscope
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

phénakisticope
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Phenakistoscope
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

phenakistoscope
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フェナキストスコープ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

phenakistoscope
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Phenakistoscope
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phenakistoscope
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

phenakistoscope
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फेनॅकिस्टोस्कोप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

fenakistiskop
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

phenakistoscope
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

phenakistoscope
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

phenakistoscope
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

phenakistoscope
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φενακιστοσκόπιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

phenakistoscope
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

phenakistoscope
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

phenakistoscope
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of phenakistoscope

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHENAKISTOSCOPE»

The term «phenakistoscope» is used very little and occupies the 152.382 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PHENAKISTOSCOPE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «phenakistoscope» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «phenakistoscope» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about phenakistoscope

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHENAKISTOSCOPE»

Discover the use of phenakistoscope in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to phenakistoscope and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
100 Amazing Make-It-Yourself Science Fair Projects
Sophisticated. Deceiver. Slightly more sophisticated in design than the mutoscope, the phenakistoscope provides livelier images. The design also allows more flexibility in the kinds of drawings you can do.
‎2005
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Stereoscopic Cinema and the Origins of 3-D Film, 1838-1952
The Phenakistoscope, invented by Joseph Plateau in 1831, was a predecessor of the Zoetrope, using slits cut on a rotating disk viewed before a mirror. At about the same time, a Viennese mathematician, Simon von Stampfer, created a similar  ...
Ray Zone, 2014
3
French Daguerreotypes
In his early studies, Plateau had discovered the persistence of vision.23 The phenakistoscope, which he devised in 1832 or 1833, demonstrated the principle. It was a round disk with a series of drawings around the edge representing ...
Janet E. Buerger, 1989
4
Living Pictures: The Origins of the Movies
tasmascope, or phenakistoscope with that of the phantasmagoria, or magic- lantern, in an instrument ... by means of which figures may be represented upon a wall or screen so as to produce the appearance of objects in motion" (Brown 1869, ...
Deac Rossell, 1998
5
French Animation History
Most of us owned a phenakistoscope ... the cinema is right there” (Cohl 2007: 301). A confederation of Belgian scholars concurs: “The cinema was born in Belgium. The animated film was as well since its inventors are Joseph Plateau with his ...
Richard Neupert, 2011
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The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and ...
Ata later period, when the stereoscope had become popular from its application to photography, there must have been a still stronger incitement to make use of that process to produce binocular pictures for the phenakistoscope, in order to ...
‎1865
7
Toy Medium: Materialism and Modern Lyric
The examples that Baudelaire gives of the scientific toy, the stereoscope and the phenakistoscope, are important precursors of the modern technical media, especially the cinematic apparatus. These new "toys," according to Baudelaire, ...
Daniel Tiffany, 2000
8
Zoetrope: Joseph Plateau, Phenakistoscope, Simon Von ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A zoetrope is a device that produces an illusion of action from a rapid succession of static pictures.
Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken, 2010
9
Reasoned and Unreasoned Images: The Photography of ...
Because Marey sometimes finds a convenient vehicle by which to construe seeing in the phenakistoscope's serial images, the photographs designed to find a place among these images, and the data they hold, have a presence in vision that ...
Josh Ellenbogen, 2012
10
Science Experiments Index for Young People
... tarnish from copper experiment 2068:47 PHENAKISTOSCOPE Building a phenakistoscope experiment 2340:60-61 Phenakistoscope animation experiment; how to huildaphenakistoscope 2312:90-91 Phenakistoscope experiment, how 102.
Mary Anne Pilger, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHENAKISTOSCOPE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term phenakistoscope is used in the context of the following news items.
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On Repeat: How to Use Loops to Explain Anything
The phenakistoscope was basically a spinning disk of images that you viewed through a narrow slit to trick your brain to see a sequence of ... «ProPublica, Jun 15»
2
The things Galway makes young artists think of
Liz has led the group through the history of animation from Phenakistoscope to the more modern aspects of computer-aided animation. «Galway Advertiser, Apr 15»
3
Phenakistoscope statuettes to be doled out at first ever Irish …
Each winner will receive a statuette, designed by animator and film-maker Eimhín McNamara, that resembles a phenakistoscope, which was an ... «Irish Times, Mar 15»
4
First Irish Animation Awards to hit Dingle on March 13th
... Eimhin McNamara. The statuette resembles a Phenakistoscope which was an early animation device used to create an illusion of motion. «Scannain, Mar 15»
5
Nautical luxury: Magpie's restaurant and bar identities for Mondrian's …
She also created illustrations for a phenakistoscope invitation for the bar's launch, pictured below, and her artwork is used on all of Magpie's ... «Creative Review, Feb 15»
6
Friday A/V Club: GIFs of the 19th Century
Here, meanwhile, is a phenakistoscope disc that someone conjured up in the Netherlands around 1850. Put on some music while you watch ... «Reason, Oct 14»
7
Review: Bombay Bicycle Club is just better live
Fans were given a show that was technically flawless -- a seemingly perfect sound system, the delightful phenakistoscope (spinning disk) ... «ABS CBN News, Jul 14»
8
Post-war Japanese Animation In Mexico, Presented By Cineteca …
Those include the five-minute Phenakistoscope, winner of the Jury Special Prize at the 1975 Annecy International Animated Film Festival. «Twitch, Jul 14»
9
LUMEN 2014 spotlight: Meet some of the artists showing June 28 at …
Come see Long's interactive video, "Phenakistoscope Live" at the 2014 LUMEN festival on June 28. Rob Bailey | bailey@siadvance.com · Print. «SILive.com, Jun 14»
10
Jacob, Rachel, and Leah: An Excerpt From 'Mount Terminus'
... the synchronized disks of his phenakistoscope, the mandalas of his Wheel of Life; and with the little money he earned from Mr. Liebeskind, ... «Tablet Magazine, Feb 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Phenakistoscope [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/phenakistoscope>. Apr 2024 ».
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