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phénakistoscope

phénakistoscope 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 phénakistoscope

pluralphénakistoscopes

Questions about phénakistoscope

What is phénakistoscope the alternative form of?
Phénakistoscope is the alternative form of phenakistoscope.

Words near phénakistoscope in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: phénakistoscope (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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