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单词 zoopraxography
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zoopraxographyn.

Brit. /ˌzuːə(ʊ)prakˈsɒɡrəfi/, /ˌzəʊə(ʊ)prakˈsɒɡrəfi/, U.S. /ˌzoʊəprækˈsɑɡrəfi/, /ˌzuəprækˈsɑɡrəfi/
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with English elements. Etymons: zoo- comb. form, Greek πρᾶξις , -ography comb. form.
Etymology: < zoo- comb. form + ancient Greek πρᾶξις praxis n. + -ography comb. form, after zoopraxiscope n.
Now chiefly historical.
(a) The branch of knowledge that deals with animal motion. (b) A series of photographs of a moving subject, esp. an animal, used to portray sequential motion; cf. zoopraxiscope n.
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the world > animals > zoology > [noun] > specific aspects or disciplines
tetrapodology1764
zoophysiology1803
animal science1819
zoochemistry1835
animal psychology1838
marine zoology1840
palaeozoology1843
zoogeography1851
cainozoology1861
zoography1869
ethology1874
zoophysics1887
neontology1889
zoopraxography1891
ethnozoology1899
behavioural scientist1940
zoosemiotics1963
1891 E. Muybridge (title) The science of animal locomotion (zoopraxography).
1893 E. Muybridge Descr. Zoopraxogr. 2 In the presentation of a lecture on Zoöpraxography the course usually adopted is to project..a series of the most important phases of some act of animal motion.
1947 L. Edwards Reminisc. Sporting Artist xv. 151 The science of animal motion (Zoöpraxography) cannot be entirely ignored by artists,..since the advent of instantaneous photography has familiarised the public with the camera's version of animal movement.
1976 Bull. City Art Mus. St. Louis 12 17/2 Muybridge developed a stage between still photography and motion pictures which he called ‘zoopraxography’.
2011 Time Out San Francisco 40 The pair charged the public 50 cents..to view their collection of zoopraxography.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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