thaumatropen.

Brit.

/ˈθɔːmətrəʊp/, U.S.

/ˈθɔməˌtroʊp/,

/ˈθɑməˌtroʊp/

Etymology: irregularly < Greek θαῦμα (see thaumato- comb. form) + -τροπος turning -trope comb. form.

A scientific toy illustrating the persistence of visual impressions, consisting of a card or disk with two different figures drawn upon the two sides, which are apparently combined into one when the disk is rotated rapidly; also applied to a disk or cylinder bearing a series of figures which, on being rapidly rotated and viewed through a slit, produce the impression of a moving object (= phenakistoscope n., zoetrope n.).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > optical and scientific toys > [noun]

multiplying-glass1639

Cartesian devil1731

kaleidoscope1817

myriorama1823

thaumatrope1827

bottle imp1833

phantasmascope1833

phenakistoscope1834

stroboscope1836

anorthoscope1842

tantalus-cup1842

phantascope1851

phantoscope1861

Pharaoh's serpent1863

phosphoroscope1866

zoetrope1866

wheel of life1872

praxinoscope1878

zoopraxiscope1881

phantoscope1894

Newton's cradle1971

1827 J. A. Paris Philos. in Sport III. i. 5 This toy is termed the Thaumatrope.

1833 A. D. Bache in D. Brewster Treat. Optics (U.S. ed.) Notes 321 The philosophic toy called by its inventor, Dr. Paris, the thaumatrope, or wonder-turner, illustrates..the fact of the duration of impressions on the retina.

1872 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (ed. 6) x. 245 The thaumatrope,..by the help of which, on looking through a hole, one sees images of jugglers throwing up and catching balls.

Derivatives

thaumaˈtropical adj. pertaining to or having the nature or effect of a thaumatrope.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > optical and scientific toys > [adjective] > thaumatrope

thaumatropical1829

1829 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 25 82 Having read Emerson on this thaumatropical proceeding.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	thaumatrope
释义	thaumatropen. Brit. /ˈθɔːmətrəʊp/, U.S. /ˈθɔməˌtroʊp/, /ˈθɑməˌtroʊp/ Etymology: irregularly < Greek θαῦμα (see thaumato- comb. form) + -τροπος turning -trope comb. form. A scientific toy illustrating the persistence of visual impressions, consisting of a card or disk with two different figures drawn upon the two sides, which are apparently combined into one when the disk is rotated rapidly; also applied to a disk or cylinder bearing a series of figures which, on being rapidly rotated and viewed through a slit, produce the impression of a moving object (= phenakistoscope n., zoetrope n.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > optical and scientific toys > [noun] multiplying-glass1639 Cartesian devil1731 kaleidoscope1817 myriorama1823 thaumatrope1827 bottle imp1833 phantasmascope1833 phenakistoscope1834 stroboscope1836 anorthoscope1842 tantalus-cup1842 phantascope1851 phantoscope1861 Pharaoh's serpent1863 phosphoroscope1866 zoetrope1866 wheel of life1872 praxinoscope1878 zoopraxiscope1881 phantoscope1894 Newton's cradle1971 1827 J. A. Paris Philos. in Sport III. i. 5 This toy is termed the Thaumatrope. 1833 A. D. Bache in D. Brewster Treat. Optics (U.S. ed.) Notes 321 The philosophic toy called by its inventor, Dr. Paris, the thaumatrope, or wonder-turner, illustrates..the fact of the duration of impressions on the retina. 1872 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (ed. 6) x. 245 The thaumatrope,..by the help of which, on looking through a hole, one sees images of jugglers throwing up and catching balls. Derivatives thaumaˈtropical adj. pertaining to or having the nature or effect of a thaumatrope. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > optical and scientific toys > [adjective] > thaumatrope thaumatropical1829 1829 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 25 82 Having read Emerson on this thaumatropical proceeding. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1827
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