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kalotropes

kalotropes is the plural of kalotrope.

Meaning of kalotrope

Noun

kalotrope (plural kalotropes)

  1. A device invented by Thomas Rose that produces the optical illusion of transforming images by means of two concentric wheels moving in opposite directions.
    • The kalotrope exhibits to an entire company the well-known illusions of the Thaumatrope, but its claims to be considered a perfectly new optical arrangement rest in a peculiarity of action by which a number of illusive changes are brought over any one disc of devices.1858, The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts, page 238

Questions about kalotropes

What is kalotropes the plural of?
Kalotropes is the plural of kalotrope.

Words near kalotropes in the dictionary

  1. kalopsia
  2. Kalorama
  3. kalotermitid
  4. kalotermitids
  5. kalotrope
  6. kalotropes
  7. kalotype
  8. kalotypes
  9. kalotypography
  10. kaloyer
  11. kaloyers

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