英语词汇stroboscope的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	stroboscope
词源	stroboscope n. "instrument for studying motion by periodic light," 1896, from -scope + Greek strobos "a twisting, act of whirling," from PIE root streb(h)- "to wind, turn." Earlier as the name of a similar device used as a "scientific toy" [OED]. Related: Stroboscopic (1846). Entries linking to stroboscope* -scope word-forming element indicating "an instrument for seeing," from Late Latin -scopium, from Greek -skopion, from skopein "to look at, examine" (from PIE root spek- "to observe"). streb(h)- Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to wind, turn." It forms all or part of: anastrophe; antistrophe; apostrophe (n.1); apostrophe (n.2); boustrophedon; catastrophe; epistrophe; strabismus; strap; strep; strepto-; streptococcus; streptomycin; strobe; strobic; stroboscope; strop; strophe; strophic. It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Greek strophe "stanza," originally "a turning," strephein "to turn," strophaligs "whirl, whirlwind," streblos "twisted," stremma "that which is twisted." strobe n. 1942, shortening of stroboscope. As a shortened form of strobe light, from 1949. As an adjective from 1942. updated on July 20, 2017
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stroboscope n.