Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zoopraxiscope

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: zooprax-is-cope
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An instrument developed by Eadweard Muybridge in the 1870's, 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 of animals and the like.

Example Sentences

"A few years before, he bought his youngest girl a zoopraxiscope for her birthday, though he alone kept playing with it, after she grew bored. Now those squadrons of flapping geese and parades of bucking broncos that come alive when the glass drum spins animate his brain."

Etymology

From zoo + praxis + scope.

Inflected Forms

zoopraxiscopes (plural) zoöpraxiscope (alternative) zoopraxinoscope (alternative)

Synonyms

zoogyroscope

Questions

What does zoopraxiscope mean?: An instrument developed by Eadweard Muybridge in the 1870's, 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 of animals and the like.
Where does zoopraxiscope come from?: From zoo + praxis + scope.

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