zoetrope
Meaning of zoetrope
noun
- An optical toy, in which figures made to revolve on the inside of a cylinder, and viewed through slits in its circumference, appear like a single figure passing through a series of natural motions as if animated or mechanically moved.
1890 : Is consciousness really discontinuous, incessantly interrupted and recommencing (from the psychologist’s point of view) ? and does it only seem continuous to itself by an illusion analogous to that of the zoetrope ? (William James, The principles of psychology, p. 200).
Information about zoetrope
- It is a name.
- The plural form of zoetrope is: zoetropes.
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Hyphenation of zoetrope
zoetrope
- It consists of 1 syllables and 8 chars.
- zoetrope is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Translation of zoetrope
- Spanish: zoótropo
- French: zootrope
- Portuguese: zootropo
- Italian: zoetropo, zoetropio, zootropo, zootropio
Words that rhyme with zoetrope
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