Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phenakistiscope

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: phenakistis-cope
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of phenakistoscope.

Example Sentences

"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."

Inflected Forms

phenakistiscopes (plural)

Questions

What does phenakistiscope mean?: Alternative form of phenakistoscope.

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