thaumatrope Meaning, Definition & Usage
Thau"ma*trope noun
Etymology
Gr. a wonder + to turn.Definitions
(Opt.) An optical instrument or toy for showing the presistence of an impression upon the eyes after the luminous object is withdrawn. ✍ It consists of a card having on its opposite faces figures of two different objects, or halves of the same object, as a bird and a cage, which, when the card is whirled rapidlz round a diameter by the strings that hold it, appear to the eye combined in a single picture, as of a bird in its cage.
