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zoopraxiscope
[ zoh-uh-prak-suh-skohp ]
noun
, Movies.
- an early type of motion-picture projector, designed by Eadweard Muybridge, in which the images were drawings or photographs placed along the rim of a circular glass plate, the shutter was a rotating opaque disk with radial slots, and a limelight source was used.
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Origin of zoopraxiscope1
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Example Sentences
The effects of the Zoopraxiscope made up one of the most unique and instructive entertainments imaginable.
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