How to pronounce zoopraxiscope
American English pronunciation
zoh-uh-PRAK-sih-skohp
- IPA
- /ˌzoʊ.əˈpɹæksɪˌskoʊp/
- Syllables
- zoh · uh · PRAK · sih · skohp (5 syllables, stress on the 3rd)
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What zoopraxiscope means
An early projector that made disc pictures seem to move
In a sentence: The crowd gasped as the zoopraxiscope showed a horse galloping across the wall.
Where it comes from: It was built from Greek words for animal, action and looking. Eadweard Muybridge made the machine in the 1870s.
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