Zoetrope (noun)
zo-ee-tro-p
A 19th-century optical toy consisting of a cylinder with a series of pictures on the inner surface that, when viewed through slits with the cylinder rotating, give an impression of continuous motion.
Mid 19th century formed irregularly from Greek zōē ‘life’ + -tropos ‘turning’.
Example sentences
“The vintage zoetropes on display.”
Tripartite (adj) triy-part-iyt Divided into or consisting of three parts. Agreed by three parties. 1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin tripartītus divided into three parts, equivalent to tri- tri- +…
