tachistoscopically
- adverb
- /təˌkɪstəˈskoʊpɪkli/
- Specialized
- In the experiment, stimuli were presented tachistoscopically, lasting only a fraction of a second.
Examples
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Two classes of stimuli (human face or trigram) were arranged vertically and presented tachistoscopically at below conscious recognition thresholds.
Academic text (1994) -
The teacher showed the words tachistoscopically to help students improve their reading speed.
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The researchers displayed the images tachistoscopically to gauge the participants' immediate reactions.
How Briefly
25
5.6
- Specialized
57
3.7
345
1.0
92
2.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
tachistoscopically = tachistoscopic (transparent) = tachistoscope + ic + ally
A regular adverbial formation from the adjective 'tachistoscopic' (tachistoscope + -ic), so the meaning is directly derived by standard English morphology.
Etymology
Tachistoscopically comes from Greek parts tachisto- meaning 'fast' and -scop- meaning 'to look', the same -scop- in telescope and microscope. So it means 'looking quickly', which is why we use it for something shown for a very short time, often by a device that flashes images.