zootrope

Romanian translation: roata diavolului / roata vieţii / zoetrop

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English term or phrase:zootrope
Romanian translation:roata diavolului / roata vieţii / zoetrop
Entered by: Alexandranow

10:48 Jul 27, 2013
English to Romanian translations [PRO]
Forestry / Wood / Timber / design
English term or phrase: zootrope
Fig. 8 În 1877 Eadweard Muybridge a fotografiat în succesiune cai în mișcare pentru a demonstra un pariu pus de Leland Stanford cum că toate cele patru copite ale calului erau deasupra solului când era în plin galop. Când era plasat într-un


zootrope
Alexandranow
Romania
Local time: 04:23
roata diavolului / roata vieţii / zoetrop
Explanation:
zoetrope [ˈzəʊɪˌtrəʊp] n (Group Games / Games, other than specified) a cylinder-shaped toy with a sequence of pictures on its inner surface which, when viewed through the vertical slits spaced regularly around it while the toy is rotated, produce an illusion of animation
[Greek zoe life + trope turn]

zoetrope also zootrope

'Un alt dispozitiv curios și care are parte și în prezent de respectul unor cineaști este zoetrope-ul. Acesta este un dispozitiv care produce iluzia mișcării prin succesiunea rapidă a unor imagini statice. Numele său provine din greaca veche, din cuvintele zoe- viață -și trope- învârtire, și s-ar traduce prin “roata vieții”. 7'
http://uzinaduzina.net/texte/liviu_pop_dificultati_digitale....

'The zoetrope was invented in 1834 in England by William Horner. He called it the 'Daedalum' ('the wheel of the devil). It didn't become popular until the 1860s, when it was patented by makers in both England and America. The American developer, William F. Lincoln, named his toy the 'zoetrope', which means 'wheel of life'.'

http://www.exeter.ac.uk/bdc/young_bdc/animation/animation4.h...
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crocox
Romania
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5 +2roata diavolului / roata vieţii / zoetrop
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roata diavolului / roata vieţii / zoetrop


Explanation:
zoetrope [ˈzəʊɪˌtrəʊp] n (Group Games / Games, other than specified) a cylinder-shaped toy with a sequence of pictures on its inner surface which, when viewed through the vertical slits spaced regularly around it while the toy is rotated, produce an illusion of animation
[Greek zoe life + trope turn]

zoetrope also zootrope

'Un alt dispozitiv curios și care are parte și în prezent de respectul unor cineaști este zoetrope-ul. Acesta este un dispozitiv care produce iluzia mișcării prin succesiunea rapidă a unor imagini statice. Numele său provine din greaca veche, din cuvintele zoe- viață -și trope- învârtire, și s-ar traduce prin “roata vieții”. 7'
http://uzinaduzina.net/texte/liviu_pop_dificultati_digitale....

'The zoetrope was invented in 1834 in England by William Horner. He called it the 'Daedalum' ('the wheel of the devil). It didn't become popular until the 1860s, when it was patented by makers in both England and America. The American developer, William F. Lincoln, named his toy the 'zoetrope', which means 'wheel of life'.'

http://www.exeter.ac.uk/bdc/young_bdc/animation/animation4.h...


crocox
Romania
Native speaker of: Romanian
PRO pts in category: 40
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agree  Angela Öhrman
4 hrs
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