Photodrome
Pronunciation : Pho"to*drome
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Photo- + Gr. (Physics)
Definition : Defn: An apparatus consisting of a large wheel with spokes, which when turning very rapidly is illuminated by momentary flashes of light passing through slits in a rotating disk. By properly timing the succession of flashes the wheel is made to appear to be motionless, or to rotate more or less slowly in either direction.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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