phen|a|kis|to|scope

phen|a|kis|to|scope
phen|a|kis|to|scope «FEHN uh KIHS tuh skohp», noun.
a scientific toy consisting of a disk with figures upon it arranged radially, representing a moving object in successive positions. When the disk is turned around rapidly and the viewer sees the figures through a fixed slit (or their reflections in a mirror through radial slits in the disk itself) in quick succession the eye receives the impression of actual motion.
[< Greek phenakist cheater + English -scope (because the viewer sees only a representation of motion)]

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