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Zoopraxiscope — o [ o]*prax i*scope, n. [Zo[ o] + Gr. ? a doing, an acting (from ? to do) + scope.] An instrument similar to, or the same as, the, the phenakistoscope, by means of which pictures projected upon a screen are made to exhibit the natural movements… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Zoopraxiscope — The zoopraxiscope is an early device for displaying motion pictures. Created by photographic pioneer Eadweard Muybridge in 1879, it may be considered the first movie projector. The zoopraxiscope projected images from rotating glass disks in rapid … Wikipedia
Zoopraxiscope — Disque support des images résultat de la projection Le Zoopraxiscope est l un des premiers dispositifs permettant la v … Wikipédia en Français
zoopraxiscope — A moving picture projector invented by Eadweard Muybridge (English American, 1830 1904). Muybridge pioneered the taking of series of photographs employing a series of cameras. He printed these as sheets of sequenced exposures. In order to… … Glossary of Art Terms
zoopraxiscope — Cinematograph Cin e*mat o*graph, n. [Gr. ?, ?, motion + graph.] 1. an older name for a {movie projector}, a machine, combining magic lantern and kinetoscope features, for projecting on a screen a series of pictures, moved rapidly (25 to 50 frames … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Zoöpraxiscope — Bildfolge eines galoppierenden Rennpferds. von Eadweard Muybridge (1887) gezeichnetes Muli von Eadweard Muyb … Deutsch Wikipedia
zoopraxiscope — noun An instrument developed by in the 1870s, 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… … Wiktionary
zoopraxiscope — n. early type of projector used to rapidly display a series of still photographs … English contemporary dictionary
zoopraxiscope — zo·o·prax·i·scope … English syllables
zoopraxiscope — ˌzōəˈpraksəˌskōp noun Etymology: zo + praxis + scope; from the fact that it usually showed pictures of a moving animal : a motion picture projector invented about 1882 … Useful english dictionary
