stroboscope
pronunciation
How to pronounce stroboscope in British English:
UK ['strəʊbəskəʊp]
How to pronounce stroboscope in American English:
US ['stroʊbəˌskoʊp]
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- Noun:
- scientific instrument that provides a flashing light synchronized with the periodic movement of an object; can make moving object appear stationary
Word Origin
- stroboscope (n.)
- "instrument for studying motion by periodic light," 1896, from -scope + comb. form of Greek strobos "a twisting, act of whirling," from PIE *streb(h)- "to wind, turn" (see strophe). Earlier as the name of a similar device used as a "scientific toy" [OED]. Related: Stroboscopic (1846).
Example
- 1. He was one of earliest on using an electronic flash and a stroboscope light to create images which went beyond the common scientific uses .
- 2. The vibrative pattern of vocal cords was investigated with the application : of the system of laryngeal stroboscope and video tape recordering in 50 normal volunteers and 194 patients with voice or laryngeal disoders .