phenakistiscope

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A form of phenakistoscope — An early animation device consisting of a disc or drum which rotated, showing successive images through slits, often via a mirror, thus producing the illusion of motion.

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Meanings

nounphenakistiscope (plural phenakistiscopes)

plural phenakistiscopes

  1. alternativeAlternative form of phenakistoscope.

    Here are the intricately colored discs and paper strips of images that needed only devices like a zoetrope or phenakistiscope to become animated spectacles: a horse will jump through a hoop; a sailor will blow a bubble that becomes the moon.

    2008 January 18, The New York Times, “Movie Guide and Film Series”, in New York Times
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APA

phenakistiscope. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phenakistiscope

MLA

“phenakistiscope.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phenakistiscope. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phenakistiscope,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phenakistiscope.

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