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phenakistiscopic

phenakistiscopic is the alternative form of phenakistoscopic.

Meaning of phenakistoscopic

Adjective

phenakistoscopic (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the phenakistoscope.
    • A modified form of the phenakistoscope, in which the usual figures of horsemen, &c., are replaced in the revolving disk by a double set of highly-coloured circular arcs, all passing through the centre of motion, and intersecting each other, pair and pair, in such a way that the limbs exhibit a...1856, “CHRO’MOTROPE, n.”, in John Ogilvie, editor, A Supplement to the Imperial Dictionary, English, Technological, and Scientific: […], Glasgow; Edinburgh; London: Blackie and Son, […], page 95...

Questions about phenakistiscopic

What is phenakistiscopic the alternative form of?
Phenakistiscopic is the alternative form of phenakistoscopic.

Words near phenakistiscopic in the dictionary

  1. phenaglycodol
  2. phenakism
  3. phenakisms
  4. phenakistiscope
  5. phenakistiscopes
  6. phenakistiscopic
  7. phenakistoscope
  8. phenakistoscopes
  9. phenakistoscopic
  10. phenakite
  11. phenakites

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