zoetrope

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  1. An optical toy, in which figures made to revolve on the inside of a cylinder, and viewed through slits in its circumference, appear like a single figure passing through a series of natural motions as if animated or mechanically moved.

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  • They Wait would have been viewed on, DVD, VHS or zoetrope. —  DVD Times
  • The original brief I got for the BRAVIA-drome advert was basically a gigantic and futuristic looking zoetrope sitting in the middle of a Victorian square experienced by real people. —  The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • Sony's zoetrope is 10 meters across and spins at over 40 kph to clearly display fast-action motion pictures. —  Gaj-It.com - UK Gadget and Tech News, Reviews and Shopping
  • The video highlights the new "Mirage" zoetrope, a classic way of making animation created through rapidly updated pictures and "The Theory of Evolution," the eighth "Film Guru Guru" film. —  AnimeBlogger.net Antenna
  • Because I can only visit them once or twice a year, I see them in punctuated intervals, as if I'm looking at them through a life-sized zoetrope cylinder in which they age through strobes of time. —  The Morning News
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