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phénakistiscope

phénakistiscope is the alternative form of phenakistoscope.

Meaning of phenakistoscope

Noun

phenakistoscope (plural phenakistoscopes)

  1. An early animation device consisting of a disc or drum which rotated, showing successive images through slits, often via a mirror, thus producing the illusion of motion.
    Synonyms:
    fantascope, fantasmascope

Forms of phénakistiscope

pluralphénakistiscopes

Questions about phénakistiscope

What is phénakistiscope the alternative form of?
Phénakistiscope is the alternative form of phenakistoscope.

Words near phénakistiscope in the dictionary

  1. phænomenons
  2. phænotypic
  3. phænotypical
  4. Phæthon
  5. Phæton
  6. phénakistiscope
  7. phénakistiscopes
  8. phénakistoscope
  9. phénakistoscopes
  10. Phú Quốc
  11. Phú Thọ

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Adapted from Wiktionary: phénakistiscope (page history and authors); phenakistoscope (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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