phenakistiscope

See also: phénakistiscope

English

Noun

phenakistiscope (plural phenakistiscopes)

1. Alternative form of phenakistoscope
   • 2008 January 18, The New York Times, “Movie Guide and Film Series”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Here are the intricately colored discs and paper strips of images that needed only devices like a zoetrope or phenakistiscope to become animated spectacles: a horse will jump through a hoop; a sailor will blow a bubble that becomes the moon.