photodrome Meaning, Definition & Usage

Pho"to*drome noun
Etymology
Photo- + Gr. to run.
Definitions
  1. (Physics) An apparatus consisting of a large wheel with spokes, which when turning very rapidly is illuminated by momentary flashes of light passing through slits in a rotating disk. By properly timing the succession of flashes the wheel is made to appear to be motionless, or to rotate more or less slowly in either direction.

Webster 1913