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

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Definitions from Wiktionary (praxinoscope)

noun:  (historical) An animation device invented in 1877 and used in early image projection. It consisted of a series of pictures and an arrangement of mirrors in a horizontally rotating box.

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