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Strobe vs Stroboscope - What's the difference?

strobe | stroboscope |

As nouns the difference between strobe and stroboscope

is that strobe is a stroboscopic lamp, a device used to produce regular flashes of light while stroboscope is instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals.

As a verb strobe

is to flash like a stroboscopic lamp.

strobe

English

(wikipedia strobe)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A stroboscopic lamp, a device used to produce regular flashes of light

    • Verb

    (strob)
  • To flash like a stroboscopic lamp.
  • * 1986 , Sam Frank, Sex in the Movies
    • Here was a blazingly erotic sex star par excellence as Travolta gyrated around that strobing disco dance floor like a cock-o'-the-walk.

    Anagrams

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    stroboscope

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia stroboscope) (en noun)
  • Instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals.
  • A lamp that produces short bursts of light that synchronizes with a camera shutter for photographing fast-moving objects; A photo made by such a machine.