zoetrope
Because it is a word with a single syllable, zoetrope is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofzoetrope
- An optical toy, in which figures made to revolve on the inside of a cylinder, and viewed through slits in its circumference, appear like a single figure passing through a series of natural motions as if animated or mechanically moved.
Example: "1890 : Is consciousness really discontinuous, incessantly interrupted and recommencing (from the psychologist’s point of view) ? and does it only seem continuous to itself by an illusion analogous to that of the zoetrope ? (William James, The principles of psychology, p. 200)."
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