回かい転てんのぞき絵え

noun

zoetrope

A pre-film animation device consisting of a cylinder with vertical slits and a sequence of images inside; when spun, the viewer sees a moving picture. Also known as ゾートロープ.

See also: ゾートロープ

• 博はく物ぶつ館かんで回かい転てんのぞき絵えの実じつ演えんを見みた。

  I saw a demonstration of a zoetrope at the museum.

• 回かい転てんのぞき絵えはアニメーションの原げん点てんの一ひとつと言いわれる。

  The zoetrope is said to be one of the origins of animation.