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Wiktionary

  1. phenakistoscopenoun

    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.

  2. Etymology: From φενακιστής + -scope.

Wikipedia

  1. phenakistoscope

    The phenakistiscope (also known by the spellings phénakisticope or phenakistoscope) was the first widespread animation device that created a fluent illusion of motion. Dubbed Fantascope and Stroboscopische Scheiben ('stroboscopic discs') by its inventors, it has been known under many other names until the French product name Phénakisticope became common (with alternative spellings). The phenakistiscope is regarded as one of the first forms of moving media entertainment that paved the way for the future motion picture and film industry. Like a GIF animation, it can only show a short continuous loop.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Phenakistoscopenoun

    a revolving disk on which figures drawn in different relative attitudes are seen successively, so as to produce the appearance of an object in actual motion, as an animal leaping, etc., in consequence of the persistence of the successive visual impressions of the retina. It is often arranged so that the figures may be projected upon a screen

  2. Etymology: [Gr. fenakisth`s a deceiver + -scope.]

Wikidata

  1. Phenakistoscope

    The phenakistoscope was an early animation device that used the persistence of vision principle to create an illusion of motion.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Phenakistoscope

    fen-a-kis′tō-skōp, n. an optical instrument which produces the appearances of objects in motion, as birds flying, &c.—n. Phen′akism (Bacon), deceit. [Gr. phenakistikosphenakizeinphenax, a cheat.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of phenakistoscope in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of phenakistoscope in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5


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