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strobe en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /stɹoʊb/ (General-American)
  • /stɹəʊb/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Shortening of stroboscope.

Meanings

  1. A stroboscopic lamp: a device used to produce regular flashes of light.
    • White all light sources illuminate the subject, the strobe both illuminates and "freezes" the subject. 2006, Michael Grecco, Lighting and the Dramatic Portrait, Amphoto Books, →ISBN, page 59:
  2. An electronic signal in hardware indicating that a value is ready to be read.
    • a memory strobe; a data strobe

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
strobes Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

remote strobe · strobelike · strobe light · strobic · strobotron · strobe lighting

Translations (6)

es lámpara estroboscópica (a stroboscopic lamp: a device used to produce regular flashes of light) · no roterende lys (a stroboscopic lamp: a device used to produce regular flashes of light) · es señal estroboscópica (an electronic signal in hardware indicating that a value is ready to be read) · pl stroboskop (a stroboscopic lamp: a device used to produce regular flashes of light) · pl światło stroboskopowe (an electronic signal in hardware indicating that a value is ready to be read) · fr stroboscope (a stroboscopic lamp: a device used to produce regular flashes of light)

strobe en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /stɹoʊb/ (General-American)
  • /stɹəʊb/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Shortening of stroboscope.

Meanings

  1. To flash like a stroboscopic lamp.
    • 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. 2023 November 29, Peter Plisner, “The winds of change in Catesby Tunnel”, in RAIL, number 997, page 58:
    • Here was a blazingly erotic sex star par excellence as Travolta gyrated around that strobing disco dance floor like a cock-o'-the-walk. 1986, Sam Frank, Sex in the Movies:
    • ... as they fuck she quakes, body strobing miles beneath him in cream and night-blue, all sound suppressed, eyes in crescents behind gold lashes... 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
strobed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
strobed Tense=Past lexicographic
strobes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
strobing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Translations (3)

pl migotać (Translations) · es estroboscopiar (Translations) · pl zamigotać (Translations)