ストロボ

ストロボ · sutorobo · JLPT N1 · noun

stroboscope (literally: strobo; strobe lamp; stroboscopic lamp)

💡 From Greek strobos, whirling: a stroboscope makes spinning things look still.

The Japanese word is a katakana shortening of strobe, from the Greek for whirling. The lamp gives brief, rapid flashes of light.

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