Strobe
/stɹəʊb/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A stroboscopic lamp: a device used to produce regular flashes of light.
"White all light sources illuminate the subject, the strobe both illuminates and "freezes" the subject."
- 2 scientific instrument that provides a flashing light synchronized with the periodic movement of an object; can make moving object appear stationary wordnet
- 3 An electronic signal in hardware indicating that a value is ready to be read.
"a memory strobe; a data strobe"
Verb
- 1 To flash like a stroboscopic lamp.
"... as they fuck she quakes, body strobing miles beneath him in cream and night-blue, all sound suppressed, eyes in crescents behind gold lashes..."
Example
More examples"White all light sources illuminate the subject, the strobe both illuminates and "freezes" the subject."
Etymology
Shortening of stroboscope.