strobe — Dictionnaire anglais

Nom

1. A stroboscopic lamp: a device used to produce regular flashes of light.

   Exemples

   White all light sources illuminate the subject, the strobe both illuminates and "freezes" the subject.

2. An electronic signal in hardware indicating that a value is ready to be read.

   Exemples

   a memory strobe; a data strobe

Verbe

1. To flash like a stroboscopic lamp.

   Exemples

   ... as they fuck she quakes, body strobing miles beneath him in cream and night-blue, all sound suppressed, eyes in crescents behind gold lashes...

   Here was a blazingly erotic sex star par excellence as Travolta gyrated around that strobing disco dance floor like a cock-o'-the-walk.

   Plus d’exemples (1)

   The problem was that when running cables the entire length of the tunnel, engineers had to take into account any voltage drop to ensure no lights strobe - something that could cause serious issues for drivers running at high speeds.

Nom

1. scientific instrument that provides a flashing light synchronized with the periodic movement of an object; can make moving object appear stationary

   Synonymes

   stroboscopestrobe light

   Termes génériques

   scientific instrument