Phenakistoscopic
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Of or relating to the phenakistoscope. not-comparable
"A modified form of the phenakistoscope, in which the usual figures of horsemen, &c., are replaced in the revolving disk by a double set of highly-coloured circular arcs, all passing through the centre of motion, and intersecting each other, pair and pair, in such a way that the limbs exhibit a slightly different relation in each successive pair, on the same principle as ordinary phenakistoscopic figures are arranged."
Example
More examples"A modified form of the phenakistoscope, in which the usual figures of horsemen, &c., are replaced in the revolving disk by a double set of highly-coloured circular arcs, all passing through the centre of motion, and intersecting each other, pair and pair, in such a way that the limbs exhibit a slightly different relation in each successive pair, on the same principle as ordinary phenakistoscopic figures are arranged."
Etymology
From phenakistoscope + -ic.
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