English Explanatory Dictionary

zoopraxiscope

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An instrument developed by Eadweard Muybridge in the 1870's, similar to the phenakistoscope. The instrument involves a disc that includes serial pictures being rotated in front of a light source, projecting them upon a screen, to exhibit the natural movements of animals and the like.

Word forms

zoopraxiscope zoopraxiscopes zoöpraxiscope zoopraxinoscope

Etymology

From zoo + praxis + scope.

Synonyms

zoogyroscope
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