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Strobe

//stɹəʊb// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    scientific instrument that provides a flashing light synchronized with the periodic movement of an object; can make moving object appear stationary wordnet
  3. 3
    An electronic signal in hardware indicating that a value is ready to be read.

    "a memory strobe; a data strobe"

Verb
  1. 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..."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Shortening of stroboscope.

Etymology 2

Shortening of stroboscope.

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