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Stroboscope   Listen
noun
Stroboscope  n.  
1.
An instrument for studying or observing the successive phases of a periodic or varying motion by means of light which is periodically interrupted.
2.
An optical toy similar to the phenakistoscope. See Phenakistoscope.





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"Stroboscope" Quotes from Famous Books



... exerted in the contractions of the breath muscles seems many times greater than is accounted for in the motion of the vocal cords. The movements of the vocal cords are so slight as to be observable only with the aid of a specially devised apparatus, the stroboscope. Can all the expiratory force expended in tone-production show such a small result? This apparent objection is found to be groundless in view of the application in this operation of Pascal's law. As this ...
— The Psychology of Singing - A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern • David C. Taylor


Words linked to "Stroboscope" :   strobe light


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