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stroboscope

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A lamp that produces short bursts of light that synchronizes with a camera shutter for photographing fast-moving objects.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A photograph produced by such a machine.

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4

noun

Meaning 4

scientific instrument that provides a flashing light synchronized with the periodic movement of an object; can make moving object appear stationary

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: strobe, strobe light

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: scientific instrument

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُصْطَرِبَة (muṣṭariba) — instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
  • Belarusian: страбаскоп (strabaskóp) — instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
  • Bulgarian: стробоскоп (stroboskop) — instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
  • Catalan: estroboscopi — instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
  • Chinese Mandarin: 頻閃觀測器 /频闪观测器 (pínshǎnguāncèqì) — instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
  • Czech: stroboskop — instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
  • Danish: stroboskop — instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
  • Dutch: stroboscoop — instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
  • Esperanto: stroboskopo — instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
  • Estonian: stroboskoop — instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
  • Finnish: stroboskooppi — instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
  • French: stroboscope — instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
  • Georgian: სტრობოსკოპი (sṭrobosḳoṗi) — instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
  • German: Stroboskop — instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
  • Greek: στροβοσκόπιο (strovoskópio) — instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
  • Hebrew: סטרובוסקופ (stroboskóp) — instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
  • Hungarian: stroboszkóp — instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
  • Italian: stroboscopio — instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
  • Japanese: ストロボスコープ (sutorobosukōpu) — instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
  • Korean: 스트로보 스코프 (seuteurobo seukopeu) — instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
  • Latvian: stroboskops — instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
  • Lithuanian: stroboskopas — instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stroboskop — instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stroboskop — instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
  • Polish: stroboskop — instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
  • Portuguese: estroboscópio — instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
  • Romanian: stroboscop — instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
  • Russian: стробоско́п (stroboskóp) — instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
  • Serbo-Croatian: стробоскоп — instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
  • Serbo-Croatian: stroboskop — instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
  • Slovak: stroboskop — instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
  • Slovene: stroboskop — instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
  • Spanish: estroboscopio — instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
  • Swedish: stroboskop — instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
  • Turkish: aralıgözler — instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
  • Turkish: stroboskop — instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
  • Ukrainian: стробоскоп (stroboskop) — instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals