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Vinony

stroboscope

noun

  1. instrument used to make a cyclically moving object appear to be slow-moving, or stationary
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Wiktionary

noun

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

  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.