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thaumatrope
[ thaw-muh-trohp ]
noun
- a card with different pictures on opposite sides, as a horse on one side and a rider on the other, which appear as if combined when the card is twirled rapidly, thus illustrating the persistence of visual impressions.
thaumatrope
/ ˈθɔːməˌtrəʊp; ˌθɔːməˈtrɒpɪkəl /
noun
- a toy in which partial pictures on the two sides of a card appear to merge when the card is twirled rapidly
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Derived Forms
- thaumatropical, adjective
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Other Words From
- thau·ma·trop·i·cal [thaw-m, uh, -, trop, -i-k, uh, l], adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of thaumatrope1
First recorded in 1820–30; thauma(to)- + -trope
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Word History and Origins
Origin of thaumatrope1
C19: from thaumato- + -trope
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Example Sentences
These memories lie in confusion, unformed and undefined, like pictures in a thaumatrope.
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The thaumatrope, then, did nothing more than illustrate the power of the eye to weld together a couple of alternating impressions.
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Why do the figures upon the "Thaumatrope" appear to dance, when they are made to revolve before a mirror?
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