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1. (n.) phantasmagoria
a shifting series of phantasms, illusions, or deceptive appearances, as in a dream.
2. phantasmagoria
a changing scene made up of many elements.
3. phantasmagoria
an optical illusion produced by a magic lantern or the like in which figures increase or diminish in size, pass into each other, dissolve, etc.
Etymology: (1795–1805; < F fantasmagorie, compound based on fantasmephantasm ; second element perh. repr. Gk agorá assembly, gathering; see -ia)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) phantasmagoria
a constantly changing medley of real or imagined images (as in a dream)
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1. (noun) Phantasmagoria
an optical effect produced by a magic lantern. The figures are painted in transparent colors, and all the rest of the glass is opaque black. The screen is between the spectators and the instrument, and the figures are often made to appear as in motion, or to merge into one another
2. (noun) Phantasmagoria
the apparatus by which such an effect is produced
3. (noun) Phantasmagoria
fig.: A medley of figures; illusive images
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