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phenakistoscopes

phenakistoscopes is the plural 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

Questions about phenakistoscopes

What is phenakistoscopes the plural of?
Phenakistoscopes is the plural of phenakistoscope.

Words near phenakistoscopes in the dictionary

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

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