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US
/ˈstɹoʊb/
]
[ UK /stɹˈəʊb/ ]
[ UK /stɹˈəʊb/ ]
NOUN
- scientific instrument that provides a flashing light synchronized with the periodic movement of an object; can make moving object appear stationary
How To Use strobe In A Sentence
- It seemed to mimic the sound pattern his strobes were making, but where was it coming from?
- One remembers the fellow visitor off to the right but cannot see them, as they are blotted out by the strobe's afterimage.
- But I am saying that every analysis that is shortened, every corner that is cut, moves us further away from the truth until what is left is the Cliffs Notes of the news, or what I call strobe-light journalism, in which the outlines are accurate enough but we cannot really see the whole picture. Sunday Reading
- The bulb in the shell-shaped lamp on the wall flickered like a strobe light and painted irregular shadows on the walls.
- I smiled each time my strobe synchronised with a brilliant lightning flash just above the jetty.
- The strobes and loud music in the club made her want to dance.
- We seem to be hard-wired into receiving streaming images from TV, film, print and our social media, fiercely flashing before us at strobe-light speed, yet never quite lingering long enough for us to take a really deep look into the energetics behind the images. Heather McCloskey Beck: Creating Peace Through Conscience and Creativity
- The day of the show, we turned on the strobe lights and got ready onstage.
- When she said it was time to start the strobe light going, I vacated the room.
- At one point a strobe light was used, seemingly just to induce seizures.