noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An optical toy made of a card with an image on each side; when twirled, the images appear to combine.
2. 2
   A zoetrope.

Synonyms

All synonyms

thaumascopezoetrope

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θαῦμα (thaûma, “miracle”) + τρόπος (trópos, “a turn”), thauma + -trope.

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