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Meaning of "tachistoscope" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TACHISTOSCOPE

From Greek takhistos swiftest (see tachy-) + -scope.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TACHISTOSCOPE

tachistoscope  [təˈkɪstəˌskəʊp] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TACHISTOSCOPE

noun
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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tachistoscope 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 TACHISTOSCOPE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tachistoscope

A tachistoscope is a device that displays an image for a specific amount of time. It can be used to increase recognition speed, to show something too fast to be consciously recognized, or to test which elements of an image are memorable. Projection tachistoscopes use a slide or transparency projector equipped with the mechanical shutter system typical of a camera. The slide is loaded, the shutter locked open, and focusing and alignment are adjusted, then the shutter is closed. When ready for the test, a shutter speed is selected, and the shutter is tripped normally.

Definition of tachistoscope in the English dictionary

The definition of tachistoscope in the dictionary is an instrument, used mainly in experiments on perception and memory, for displaying visual images for very brief intervals, usually a fraction of a second.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TACHISTOSCOPE


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 TACHISTOSCOPE

tacheometer
tacheometric
tacheometrical
tacheometrically
tacheometry
tachina fly
tachinid
tachisme
tachist
tachiste
tachistoscopic
tachistoscopically
tachogram
tachograph
tachometer
tachometric
tachometrical
tachometrically
tachometry
tachyarrhythmia

WORDS THAT END LIKE TACHISTOSCOPE

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 tachistoscope in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tachistoscope» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TACHISTOSCOPE

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

Translator English - Chinese

速示器
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

taquistoscopio
570 millions of speakers

English

tachistoscope
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

tachistoscope
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

المنظار التومضي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тахистоскоп
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

taquistoscópio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ক্ষণদৃক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tachistoscope
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tachistoscope
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tachistoskop
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

タキストスコープ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

tachistoscope
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tachistoscope
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tachistoscope
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

tachistoscope
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ताकास्तोस्कोप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tachistoscope
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tachistoscopio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tachistoscope
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тахистоскоп
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Tachistoscope
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

tachistoscope
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tachistoscope
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tachistoscope
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tachistoscope
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tachistoscope

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TACHISTOSCOPE»

The term «tachistoscope» is used very little and occupies the 154.045 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TACHISTOSCOPE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TACHISTOSCOPE»

Discover the use of tachistoscope in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tachistoscope and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Reading First, eBook
Tachistoscopes. for. Initial. Consonant. Blends. Preparation: Make a copy of the Tachistoscope reproducible (page 70) for each consonant blend you want children to review. Make enough so that each pair of children has one tachistoscope.
Dawn Purney, Creative Teaching Press, 2003
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Visual Perception
Another factor of importance not mentioned by these experimenters is the distraction of the observer by movements of the shutter or screen of the tachistoscope. In the older forms of tachistoscope, with the exception of that of Helmholtz (see p.
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The Psychology of Attention
Sperling presented stimuli using a tachistoscope. The tachistoscope was invented in the 1880s, but modern ones are essentially the same except they are automatically, electronically controlled. In essence, a tachistoscope is a lightproof box.
Elizabeth Styles, 2006
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Digital Modernism: Making It New in New Media
Project resurrects an older reading machine, the tachistoscope, through a newer one, the digital computer. Jay David Bolter and Richard Grusin define “ remediation” as “the representation of one medium in another” and claim that remediation ...
Jessica Pressman, 2014
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Residual Media
FIGURE 19.1 Gravity tachistoscope. From Rudolf Schulze, Experimental Psychology and Pedagogy: For Teachers, Normal Colleges, and Universities ( London: George Allen, 1909), 205. As outrageous as these fantastic stories of screen ...
Charles R. Acland, 2007
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Experiments in Psychical Research: Psychical Research Monographs
Wundtian type of tachistoscope was used and with an exposure less than the reaction-time of the eye the distance was increased to minimal perception ; in Division III, the stimulus exhibited in a Wundtian tachistoscope was presented to  ...
Experiments in Psychical Research
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MENC Handbook of Research on Music Learning: Volume 2: ...
The Tachistoscope and Computer-Aided Instruction A tachistoscope is a device that allows control of the duration of projected images. For example, images of notation can be projected from slower speeds (e.g., half to a fifth of a second) to ...
Richard Colwell, Peter Webster, 2011
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MENC Handbook of Research on Music Learning: Volume 2: ...
The Tachistoscope and Computer-Aided Instruction A tachistoscope is a device that allows control of the duration of projected images. For example, images of notation can be projected from slower speeds (e.g., half to a fifth of a second) to ...
Richard Colwell, Peter Webster, 2011
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Suspensions of Perception: Attention, Spectacle, and Modern ...
The tachistoscope was part of a broad-ranging project to acquire knowledge that would allow a rationalization of a perceiver and the management of attentiveness , but it did so through a fragmentation of vision perhaps even more thorough ...
Jonathan Crary, 2001
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Sports Vision: Vision Care for the Enhancement of Sports ...
Wayne Tachistoscope Rotator Activities The Wayne Tachistoscope Rotator Scanner (www.wayneengineering.com) is composed of two prisms that can be rotated in front of a Perceptamatic tachistoscope lens (Fig. 8-5). The speed at which ...
Graham B. Erickson, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TACHISTOSCOPE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tachistoscope is used in the context of the following news items.
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Victor Cruz Catches Touchdowns While Wearing Hi-Tech Contacts
... not offered in the NFL: M and S technological exam to measure acuity level in contrast sensitivity while using a tachistoscope device; NeuroTracker; The Quick ... «SportTechie, Jul 15»
2
Football Players With Vision Training Had Fewer Concussions …
Additional vision training methods included a tachistoscope, which trains the brain to recognize images faster, pinhole glasses, strobe glasses and pitch and ... «University of Cincinnati, Apr 15»
3
h+ Media | Brain Computer Interfaces - From Lab to Living Room …
Charles Acland (2007) cites a later twentieth century trend of movement from lab to classroom, employing a psychology testing tool, the Tachistoscope, that ... «h+ Magazine, Mar 15»
4
Speed Reading Grants Efficiency Over Appreciation: My 6 Weeks Of …
But it wasn't until the United States Air Force started using the tachistoscope, a device that displays an image for a limited amount of time, that advancements ... «Medical Daily, Feb 15»
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How one businessman's famous 'subliminal advertising' experiment …
In 1956 Vicary installed a tachistoscope in a cinema in Fort Lee, NJ, which projected the verbal messages "Drink Coke" and "Eat Popcorn" on the screen for ... «Business Insider, Feb 15»
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Subliminal Perception: Just How Fast Is The Brain?
... Brain Responses. The authors recorded brain activity using EEG and presented the brief stimuli using a device they invented called the LCD Tachistoscope. «Discover Magazine, Jan 15»
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Dynavision D2: New machine helps athletes with concussion …
Furthermore, the machine houses a tachistoscope, which flashes certain types of information like vocabulary words or math problems on the display at random. «Fox News, Jan 14»
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Technology aids ODU athletes' reaction, hand-eye coordination
Scores are registered. Lights can flash slowly or quickly. The board also has a small rectangular screen in the middle —a tachistoscope or t-scope — that can be ... «Daily Press, Jul 13»
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Subliminal Telkinlere Dikkat !
Tachistoscope cihazının saniyenin yüzde biri hızda flaş görüntü vermesi normal olarak bilinçaltına yönelik kabul edilmektedir. Farkına varılamayan ve doğrudan ... «Milliyet, Jun 13»
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Globalism, Violent Oppression and Electronic Warfare: 2 + 2 = 5
The machine capable of this was called a tachistoscope. ... discovered the technique by accident, agreed to a cover story that the tachistoscope was only used ... «Center for Research on Globalization, May 13»

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