praxinoscope
Noun
Meaning
An instrument, similar to the phenakistoscope, for presenting to view, or projecting upon a screen, images the natural motions of real objects.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
kinetoscope
zoetrope
phenakistoscope
film projector
magic lantern
zoopraxiscope
stroboscope
thaumatrope
mutoscope
cinematograph
flip book
animated film device
motion picture viewer
moving image apparatus
optical toy
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The praxinoscope was an improvement on the zoetrope that became popular toward the end of the 19th century, citation displacing the zoetrope for practical uses; a magic lantern praxinoscope was demonstrated in the 1880s.