tachistoscope

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τάχιστος (tákhistos, “most fast”) +‎ -scope.

Noun

tachistoscope (plural tachistoscopes)

1. A device that displays a series of brief images; used by psychologists to investigate perception, memory and learning.

Related terms

• tachistoscopic
• tachistoscopically
• tachistoscopy

Translations

device

• French: tachistoscope (fr) m
• German: Tachistoskop (de) n
• Italian: tachistoscopio m
• Spanish: taquistoscopio m

French

Noun

tachistoscope m (plural tachistoscopes)

1. tachistoscope

Further reading

• “tachistoscope”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.