Look up: phenakistoscope

1. phenakistoscope
   A 19thC optical toy, also known as a magic disc or fantascope. Illustrated circular cards are fixed onto a disc with slits at intervals around its circumference. A handle is fixed to the centre of the disc, and the disc is spun. The user looks through the slits at a mirror where the image is reflected and appears to be moving.
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2. Phenakistoscope
   Phen`a·kis'to·scope noun [ Greek ... a deceiver + -scope .] A revolving disk on which figures drawn in different relative attitudes are seen successively, so as to produce the appearance of an object in actual motion, as an animal leaping, etc., in...
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3. phenakistoscope
   <instrument> A revolving disk on which figures drawn in different relative attitudes are seen successively, so as to produce the appearance of an object in actual motion, as an animal leaping, etc, in consequence of the persistence of the successive visual impressions of the retina. It is ofte...
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4. Phenakistoscope
   • (n.) A revolving disk on which figures drawn in different relative attitudes are seen successively, so as to produce the appearance of an object in actual motion, as an animal leaping, etc., in consequence of the persistence of the successive visual impressions of the retina. It is often arra...
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5. phenakistoscope
   (from the article `animation`) ...were shown in fast succession, the human eye would perceive them as a continuous movement. One of the first commercially successful devices, ... ...for sound films). Before the invention of photography, a variety of optical toys exploited this effect by mounting successive phase drawings of ... [2 re...
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6. phenakistoscope
   A handle is fixed to the centre of the disc, and the disc is spun. The user looks through the slits at a mirror where the image is reflected and appears to be moving.
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7. Phenakistoscope
   The `phenakistoscope` (also spelled `phenakistiscope`) was an early animation device that used the persistence of vision principle to create an illusion of motion. The phenakistoscope is the precursor of the zoetrope. History: Although this principle had been recognized by the Greek mathematician Eu...
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