stroboscopic

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But this so-called stroboscopic phenomenon, however interesting it was, seemed to offer hardly any difficulty.

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  1. Pertaining to the stroboscope, to observations made with it, or to the physical principle involved in its use. Nature, XXXIX. 451.

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  • Caught is an internationally renowned stroboscopic dance masterpiece that features a solo dancer performing more than 100 leaps in less than six minutes. —  BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content
  • Batman Begins because his hero was a barely glimpsed ninja, coming at villains from all angles in stroboscopic flashes.
  • The Flicker, which used black and white frames to create a stroboscopic effect, which in turn created a hallucinatory effect. —  Baltimore City Paper
  • Among screen options for language time are the ability to pace text's appearance; the ability to change appearance based on whether it is a first or later reading; and the creation of time lapses, time scans, sequences, replays, freezes, resumption of text, altered speed, interpolation-extension replacements in "real" time (stretch-text), and stroboscopic flashing. —  PoetryFoundation.org
  • At normal setting, the D3X offers a wide range of sensitivity - from ISO 100, suitable for stroboscopic setting in studio shoots, to ISO 1600. —  Digital Camera Reviews & Photography Tips
 

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