strobe
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6.3
- noun
- /stroʊb/
- Specialized
:
estroboscopio
- The photographer used a strobe to freeze the motion of the dancers in mid-air during the performance.
- strobe light
- small strobe
So once you're off of an active runway, also turn off your anti collision strobe light.
- So once you're off of an active runway, also turn off your anti collision strobe light.
- They both happen at the bulb of the strobe light, which in the frame of the strobe is just one point.
- And well, first of all, I had my IR strobe on because I was the lead the the flat.
Examples
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There was a low whir as the strobe was switched on.
Fiction book (1995) -
The agent turned on his car's strobe lights and siren.
Academic text (2018) -
It's like a giant strobe light burning right through my eyes.
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I'll mark the target with a strobe!
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The light flashes off and on again, creating a strobe light effect.
Fiction book (2002) -
When you have epilepsy, strobe lights trigger seizures.
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There, from above the dark canopy of tree cover, he noticed a strobe light pulsing faintly downland.
Fiction book (1995) -
The interior lighting was rigged for a nightclub, with strobe lights and weak bulbs dangling from the ceiling.
Fiction book (1996) -
Emergency vehicles flashed strobe lights, while magnus floaters and police helicopters scoured the surrounding hillsides.
Fiction book (1990) -
At the concert, the dazzling strobe lights created a mesmerizing effect, making it seem like the performers were suspended in time.
Synonyms
6
3.7
A light that flashes quickly and regularly to make visual effects
A device that flashes light quickly to make a moving object look still or move slowly
Compounds
How Technical
- Specialized
- Specialized
19
6.3
- Specialized
6
3.7
14
2.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Strobe comes from the word stroboscope, built on an old Greek root strob- meaning 'whirl' or 'turn'. The stroboscope used quick flashes of light to make a turning object look still, so a strobe is a light that flashes fast to 'freeze' motion.