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Instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals.
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A lamp that produces short bursts of light that synchronizes with a camera shutter for photographing fast-moving objects.
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A photograph produced by such a machine.
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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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Synonyms: strobe, strobe light
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Broader terms: scientific instrument
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.
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Arabic:
مُصْطَرِبَة
(muṣṭariba)
— instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
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Belarusian:
страбаскоп
(strabaskóp)
— instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
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Bulgarian:
стробоскоп
(stroboskop)
— instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
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Catalan:
estroboscopi
— instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
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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
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Czech:
stroboskop
— instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
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Danish:
stroboskop
— instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
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Dutch:
stroboscoop
— instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
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Esperanto:
stroboskopo
— instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
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Estonian:
stroboskoop
— instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
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Finnish:
stroboskooppi
— instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
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French:
stroboscope
— instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
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Georgian:
სტრობოსკოპი
(sṭrobosḳoṗi)
— instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
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German:
Stroboskop
— instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
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Greek:
στροβοσκόπιο
(strovoskópio)
— instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
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Hebrew:
סטרובוסקופ
(stroboskóp)
— instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
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Hungarian:
stroboszkóp
— instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
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Italian:
stroboscopio
— instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
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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
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Korean:
스트로보 스코프
(seuteurobo seukopeu)
— instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
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Latvian:
stroboskops
— instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
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Lithuanian:
stroboskopas
— instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
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Norwegian Bokmål:
stroboskop
— instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
stroboskop
— instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
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Polish:
stroboskop
— instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
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Portuguese:
estroboscópio
— instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
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Romanian:
stroboscop
— instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
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Russian:
стробоско́п
(stroboskóp)
— instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
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Serbo-Croatian:
стробоскоп
— instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
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Serbo-Croatian:
stroboskop
— instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
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Slovak:
stroboskop
— instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
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Slovene:
stroboskop
— instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
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Spanish:
estroboscopio
— instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
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Swedish:
stroboskop
— instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
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Turkish:
aralıgözler
— instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
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Turkish:
stroboskop
— instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals
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Ukrainian:
стробоскоп
(stroboskop)
— instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals