PHENAKISTOSCOPE

Definition: PHENAKISTOSCOPE

PHENAKISTOSCOPE

Noun

1. A revolving disk on which figures drawn in different relative attitudes are seen successively, so as to produce the appearance of an object in actual motion, as an animal leaping, etc., in consequence of the persistence of the successive visual impressions of the retina. It is often arranged so that the figures may be projected upon a screen.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Frequency of Internet Keywords: PHENAKISTOSCOPE

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Rhyming with "PHENAKISTOSCOPE"

Words rhyming with "PHENAKISTOSCOPE" (pronounced 'Phen`a*kis"to*scope'): Aeroscope, AEthrioscope, Alethoscope, Altiscope, Anamorphoscope, Anemoscope, Angioscope, Anorthoscope, Astroscope, Auriscope, Baroscope, Ceraunoscope, Chromascope, Chromatoscope, Chronoscope, Cyclonoscope, Cycloscope, Cymoscope, Debuscope, Echoscope, Galvanoscope, Gasoscope, gastroscope, gyroscope, horoscope, hygroscope, Kaleidoscope, Leucoscope, Lychnoscope, Manoscope, Meatoscope, Megalethoscope, Megascope, Melanoscope, Meteoroscope, Metroscope, Microspectroscope, Mutoscope, Myrioscope, Nephoscope, Niloscope, Opeidoscope, Ophthalmoscope, Orthoscope, oscilloscope, Otheoscope, Otoscope, Ozonoscope, Pantascope, Periodoscope. (additional references)

Anagrams: PHENAKISTOSCOPE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-h-i-k-n-o-o-p-p-s-s-t"
	-3 letters: kinetoscopes, photokineses.
	-4 letters: episcopates, kinetoscope, nephoscopes, phenocopies, shankpieces.
	-5 letters: apophonies, apotheoses, apotheosis, appointees, caespitose, cathepsins, choppiness, copestones, episcopate, hesitances, isooctanes, kinescopes, nephoscope, pansophies, patchiness, phenacites, phenakites, pipestones, shankpiece, sociopaths.
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