- episcotister
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episcotister
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episcotister — /euh pis keuh tis teuhr, ep i skeuh tis teuhr/, n. a disk with a sector removed that when rotated in front of a light source allows the periodic passage of flashes of light: used in studying the motion of a body. Also, episkotister. [1900 05; … Universalium
episcotister — ˌepəskōˈtistə(r) noun ( s) Etymology: from (assumed) Greek episkotistos (verbal of Greek episkotizein to shadow, darken, from epi + skotizein to darken, from skotos dark + izein ize) + English er more at shade : a device for reducing the… … Useful english dictionary
Perceptual transparency — is the phenonmenon of seeing one surface behind another. [http://www.colourware.co.uk/steve/westland ripamonti dapos JEI 2004.pdf] In our everyday life, we often experience the view of objects through transparent surfaces.Physically transparent… … Wikipedia
Zoetrope — A zoetrope is a device that produces an illusion of action from a rapid succession of static pictures.It consists of a cylinder with slits cut vertically in the sides. Beneath the slits on the inner surface of the cylinder is a band which has… … Wikipedia
Strobe light — or stroboscopic lamp, commonly called a strobe, is a device used to produce regular flashes of light. It is one of a number of devices that can be used as a stroboscope. The word originated from the Greek strobos , meaning act of whirling. Strobe … Wikipedia
Zoopraxiscope — The zoopraxiscope is an early device for displaying motion pictures. Created by photographic pioneer Eadweard Muybridge in 1879, it may be considered the first movie projector. The zoopraxiscope projected images from rotating glass disks in rapid … Wikipedia
Praxinoscope — The praxinoscope was an animation device, the successor to the zoetrope. It was invented in France in 1877 by Charles Émile Reynaud. Like the zoetrope, it used a strip of pictures placed around the inner surface of a spinning cylinder. The… … Wikipedia
Stroboscope — A stroboscope, also known as a strobe, is an instrument used to make a cyclically moving object appear to be slow moving, or stationary. The principle is used for the study of rotating, reciprocating, oscillating or vibrating objects. Machine… … Wikipedia
Thaumatrope — A thaumatrope is a toy that was popular in Victorian times.A disk or card with a picture on each side is attached to two pieces of string. When the strings are twirled quickly between the fingers the two pictures appear to combine into a single… … Wikipedia
Electrotachyscope — The electrotachyscope is an 1887 invention of Ottomar Anschütz of Germany which presents the illusion of motion with transparent serial photographs, chronophotographs, arranged on a spinning wheel of fortune or mandala like glass disc,… … Wikipedia
