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tachyscope

tachyscope noun: an early form of animated-picture machine in which the chronophotographs were mounted upon the periphery of a rotating wheel.

Noun

tachyscope (plural tachyscopes)

  1. An early form of animated-picture machine in which the chronophotographs were mounted upon the periphery of a rotating wheel.

Forms of tachyscope

pluraltachyscopes

Origin of tachyscope

From tachy- + -scope.

Words formed from tachyscope

Questions about tachyscope

What does tachyscope mean?
Tachyscope means an early form of animated-picture machine in which the chronophotographs were mounted upon the periphery of a rotating wheel.
What part of speech is tachyscope?
Tachyscope is a noun.
What is the plural of tachyscope?
The plural of tachyscope is tachyscopes.

Words near tachyscope in the dictionary

  1. tachypnœa
  2. tachypnœic
  3. tachypsychia
  4. tachyrhythmia
  5. tachyrhythmias
  6. tachyscope
  7. tachyscopes
  8. tachystatin
  9. tachystatins
  10. tachysterol
  11. tachysterols

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