ZOOPRAXISCOPE

Meaning of ZOOPRAXISCOPE in English

ˌzōəˈpraksəˌskōp noun

Etymology: zo- + praxis + -scope; from the fact that it usually showed pictures of a moving animal

: a motion-picture projector invented about 1882

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

ZOOPRAXISCOPE — (n.) An instrument similar to, or the same as, the, the phenakistoscope, by means of which pictures projected upon a …
Английский словарь Webster
ZOOPRAXISCOPE — ( n. ) An instrument similar to, or the same as, the, the phenakistoscope, by means of which pictures projected …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ZOOPRAXISCOPE — /zoh'euh prak"seuh skohp'/ , n. Motion Pictures. an early type of motion-picture projector, designed by Eadweard Muybridge, in which the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ZOOPRAXISCOPE — n. early type of projector used to rapidly display a series of still photographs
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ZOOPRAXISCOPE — noun an instrument similar to, or the same as, the, the phenakistoscope, by means of which pictures projected upon a …
Webster English vocab
MUYBRIDGE, EADWEARD — orig. Edward James Muggeridge born April 9, 1830, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, Eng. died May 8, 1904, Kingston upon Thames …
Английский словарь Британика
CINEMATOGRAPH — (n.) A machine, combining magic lantern and kinetoscope features, for projecting on a screen a series of pictures, moved rapidly …
Английский словарь Webster
MUYBRIDGE — n. Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904), British-born American photographer, inventor of an early projector known as the zoopraxiscope
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EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE — (1830-1904) British-born American photographer, inventor of an early projector known as the zoopraxiscope
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CINEMATOGRAPH — add. ·noun a camera for taking chronophotographs for exhibition by the instrument described above. 2. cinematograph ·add. ·noun a machine, …
Webster English vocab
MUYBRIDGE, EADWEARD — born April 9, 1830, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, Eng. died May 8, 1904, Kingston upon Thames original name Edward James …
Britannica English vocabulary
MUYBRIDGE, EADWEARD — orig. Edward James Muggeridge born April 9, 1830, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, Eng. died May 8, 1904, Kingston upon Thames …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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