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Definition of Thaumatropes
Thaumatrope Thaumatrope Thau"ma*trope, n. [Gr. ? a wonder + ? to turn.]
(Opt.)
An optical instrument or toy for showing the presistence of
an impression upon the eyes after the luminous object is
withdrawn.
Note: 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.
