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 and divides as stro-bo-scope under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for stroboscope come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.