Usually means: Early animation device using rotation.
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  1. phenakistoscope: Merriam-Webster
  2. phenakistoscope: Collins English Dictionary
  3. phenakistoscope: Wordnik
  4. phenakistoscope: Wiktionary
  5. Phenakistoscope, phenakistoscope: Dictionary.com
  6. Phenakistoscope: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Phenakistoscope: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. phenakistoscope: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Phenakistoscope: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. phenakistoscope: FreeDictionary.org
  11. phenakistoscope: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  12. Phenakistoscope: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (phenakistoscope)

noun:  An early animation device consisting of a disc or drum which rotated, showing successive images through slits, often via a mirror, thus producing the illusion of motion.

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