(n) scientific instrument that provides a flashing light synchronized with the periodic movement of an object; can make moving object appear stationary, Syn.strobe, strobe light
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
‖n.; pl.Strobilae [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; anything twisted, a pine cone. ] (Zool.) (a) A form of the larva of certain Discophora in a state of development succeeding the scyphistoma. The body of the strobila becomes elongated, and subdivides transversely into a series of lobate segments which eventually become ephyrae, or young medusae. (b) A mature tapeworm. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) The act or phenomenon of spontaneously dividing transversely, as do certain species of annelids and helminths; transverse fission. See Illust. under Syllidian. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. strobilus a pine cone, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. strobole. ] [ Written also strobil. ]1. (Bot.) A scaly multiple fruit resulting from the ripening of an ament in certain plants, as the hop or pine; a cone. See Cone, n., 3. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Biol.) An individual asexually producing sexual individuals differing from itself also in other respects, as the tapeworm, -- one of the forms that occur in metagenesis. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; a whirling + -scope. ] 1. An instrument for studying or observing the successive phases of a periodic or varying motion by means of light which is periodically interrupted. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. An optical toy similar to the phenakistoscope. See Phenakistoscope. [ 1913 Webster ]
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