Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An optical apparatus dependent for its effects upon the persistence of retinal impressions. It consists of a cylinder or disk upon which is depicted a series of images representing periodic phases of the same picture. When the disk or cylinder is rapidly revolved, the image of one phase persists while the image of the next falls upon the retina; so that the object seems to go through a series of movements.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. An optical instrument or toy for showing the persistence of an impression upon the eyes after the luminous object is withdrawn.
Examples
“On the principle that the exquisite should be within everyone ' s reach, Ms. Jenkins provides recipes for old-fashioned Florentine gelato and truffes à la serviette, as well as instructions on how to assemble a Victorian optical-illusion toy called a thaumatrope.”
“Mom made you robot thaumatrope invitations for your birthday party and robot buttons as gifts for everyone who came.”
“The friends of the zoötrope surely knew another little plaything, the thaumatrope.”
“The square, he said, went round him like a thaumatrope; he saw the Alhambra leap into the air like a balloon; and reeled against the railing.”
“I also follow @thaumatrope and read little 140 character slivers of science fiction stories.”
“StarShipSofa strangehorizons - Strange Horizons thaumatrope -”
“11: 14 New microstory from me over on @thaumatrope -- sadly apropos, considering, despite being written & placed some time ago.”
“10: 15 And my latest microstory just popped up on @thaumatrope #”
“15: 43 My first microstory up on @thaumatrope -- more to come.”
“12: 38 Latest microstory is up @thaumatrope -- hope some of you are amused.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘thaumatrope’.
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nschotten's list
A list of words.
fecundity, atavistic, steatopygous, demiurge, sufflaminandus, occiput, trenchant, hobnails, soft-pedal, parsimony, fatuous, ratiocination and 28 more...
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Do I dare to eat a peach?
or Pandowdies: pie-like fruit desserts.
betty, clafoutis, cobbler, crisp, crumble, grunt, pandowdy, slump, melba, flan, crostatina, dump cake and 2 more...
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Tropes
trope, tropes, heliotrope, tightrope, footrope, Saint-Tropez, retroperitoneal, allotrope, dextropedal, azeotrope, neutropenia, chromatrope and 27 more...
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