单词 | zoopraxography |
释义 | zoopraxographyn. 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1891 |
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