zoopraxiscope Meaning, Definition & Usage

Zo`ö*prax"i*scope noun (Also<
  • Zoopraxiscope
  • Zoöpraxiscope
)
Etymology
Zoö- + Gr. a doing, an acting (from to do) + -scope.
Definitions
  1. An instrument similar to, or the same as, the, the phenakistoscope, by means of which pictures projected upon a screen are made to exhibit the natural movements of animals, and the like.

Webster 1913