stroboscope

1. 1.

   scientific instrument that provides a flashing light synchronized with the periodic movement of an object; can make moving object appear stationary

   Synonymsstrobestrobe light

   Broaderscientific instrument

Other forms of stroboscope

plural

stroboscopes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about stroboscope

What does stroboscope mean?

stroboscope means "scientific instrument that provides a flashing light synchronized with the periodic movement of an object; can make moving object appear stationary".

How many syllables are in stroboscope?

stroboscope has 3 syllables: stro-bo-scope. The stress falls on "stro".

What is another word for stroboscope?

Close synonyms include strobe, strobe light. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is stroboscope a common word?

stroboscope is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.