Zoopraxiscope Definition

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(photography, history) An instrument developed by Eadweard Muybridge in the 1870's, similar to the phenakistoscope. The instrument involves a disc that includes serial pictures being rotated in front of a light source, projecting them upon a screen, to exhibit the natural movements of animals and the like.

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zoopraxiscope
Plural:
zoopraxiscopes, zopraxiscopes

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