photodrome
photodrome noun: a kind of stroboscope consisting of a large wheel with spokes, which when turning very rapidly is illuminated by momentary flashes of light passing through slits in a rotating disk. By properly timing the succession of flashes, the wheel is made to appear to be motionless, or to rotate more or less slowly in either direction.
Noun
photodrome (plural photodromes)
- A kind of stroboscope consisting of a large wheel with spokes, which when turning very rapidly is illuminated by momentary flashes of light passing through slits in a rotating disk. By properly timing the succession of flashes, the wheel is made to appear to be motionless, or to rotate more or less slowly in either direction.
Forms of photodrome
| plural | photodromes |
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Origin of photodrome
From photo- + -drome.
Questions about photodrome
- What does photodrome mean?
- Photodrome means a kind of stroboscope consisting of a large wheel with spokes, which when turning very rapidly is illuminated by momentary flashes of light passing through slits in a rotating disk. By properly timing the succession of flashes, the wheel is made to appear to be motionless, or to rotate more or less slowly in either direction.
- What part of speech is photodrome?
- Photodrome is a noun.
- What is the plural of photodrome?
- The plural of photodrome is photodromes.
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