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English
Noun
phénakistoscope (plural phénakistoscopes)
- Alternative form of phenakistoscope
1999, Timothy Dallett, editor, Image/Duration: Installations of the Moving Image, Gallery 101, →ISBN:The iconic regime is comprised of the following vision machines: the diorama (1820); the phénakistoscope (1830); the zootrope (1835); the panorama and the stereoscope (1800-50); the cinéorama (1900); Cinerama and Cinemascope (1952), Sensorama (1960) and Omnimax (1980-90).
2004, Norman E. Tutorow, The Governor: The Life and Legacy of Leland Stanford, a California Colossus, Spokane, Wash.: The Arthur H. Clark Company, →ISBN, page 490:[Obadiah B.] Brown gave his machine—which combined the principles of the phénakistocope (derived from Greek words meaning, roughly, “to show movement of a target or object”) and the magic lantern—the equally improbable name of phasmatrope (a “turning apparition”).
2018, Camila Afanador-Llach, “Motion in Graphic Design: Interdisciplinary References for Teaching”, in R. Brian Stone, Leah Wahlin, editors, The Theory and Practice of Motion Design: Critical Perspectives and Professional Practice, New York, N.Y., London: Focal Press, →ISBN, part 1 (Theoretical Perspectives), section 1 (Interdisciplinary Influences and Origins), chapter section “From Other Fields”, subsection “Devices and formats”, page 40:Figure 8 Phénakistoscope, praxinoscope and zoetrope.