stroboscope

Meanings

1. Instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals.
2. A lamp that produces short bursts of light that synchronizes with a camera shutter for photographing fast-moving objects.
3. A photograph produced by such a machine.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στρόβος (stróbos, “whirl”) and Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō, “examine, inspect, look to or into, consider”). From strobo- + scope.