Definition of Zoopraxiscope

1. Noun. (photography history) An instrument developed by Eadweard Muybridge in the 1870's, similar to the phenakistoscope. The instrument involves a disc that includes serial pictures being rotated in front of a light source, projecting them upon a screen, to exhibit the natural movements of animals and the like. ¹

2. Noun. (alternative spelling of zoopraxiscope) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Zoopraxiscope

1. An instrument similar to, or the same as, the, the phenakistoscope, by means of which pictures projected upon a screen are made to exhibit the natural movements of animals, and the like. Origin: Zoo- + Gr. A doing, an acting (from to do) + -scope. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Zoopraxiscope

zoophytes
zoophytic
zoophytical
zoophytoid
zoophytological
zoophytology
zooplankter
zooplankters
zooplankton
zooplanktonic
zooplanktons
zooplastic
zooplastic graft
zooplasties
zooplasty
zoopraxiscope (current term)
zoopraxiscopes
zoopsia
zoopsias
zoopsychological
zoopsychologist
zoopsychologists
zoopsychology
zooptic
zooremediation
zoos
zoosanitary
zooscopy
zoosemantic

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