zoogyroscopenoun
Factsheet
What does the noun zoogyroscope mean?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zoogyroscope. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
How common is the noun zoogyroscope?
| 1880 | 0.00005 |
| 1890 | 0.00009 |
| 1900 | 0.0001 |
| 1910 | 0.0001 |
| 1920 | 0.0001 |
| 1930 | 0.0001 |
| 1940 | 0.0002 |
| 1950 | 0.0002 |
| 1960 | 0.0003 |
| 1970 | 0.0003 |
| 1980 | 0.0003 |
| 1990 | 0.0004 |
| 2000 | 0.0004 |
| 2010 | 0.0004 |
How is the noun zoogyroscope pronounced?
British English
U.S. English
Where does the noun zoogyroscope come from?
Earliest known use
1880s
The earliest known use of the noun zoogyroscope is in the 1880s.
OED's earliest evidence for zoogyroscope is from 1880, in Daily Evening Bulletin (San Francisco).
zoogyroscope is formed within English, by compounding.
Etymons: zoo- comb. form, gyroscope n.
Nearby entries
- zoogonic, adj.1787–
- zoogonidium, n.1857–
- zoogony, n.1675–
- zoograph, n.1623
- zoographer, n.1646–
- zoographic, adj.1741–
- zoographical, adj.1651–
- zoographically, adv.1835–
- zoographist, n.1749–1874
- zoography, n.1593–
- zoogyroscope, n.1880–
- zooid, n.1851–
- zooid, adj.1849
- zooidal, adj.1858–
- zooidogamous, adj.1891–
- zookeeper, n.1886–
- zookeeping, n.1929–
- Zookers, int.1620–
- Zooks, int.1600–
- zoolater, n.1876–
- zoolatrous, adj.1876–
Etymology
Summary
Notes
Meaning & use
- 1880–A modified form of zoetrope used to project a series of photographic images of animals or other subjects in order to display their movement; cf. zoopraxiscope n.
- 1880
The various movements of horses, dogs, oxen, deer, etc.: and of men running, leaping, wrestling, turning somersaults, etc. will be exhibited by means of the oxyhydrogen light, and the Zoogyroscope, in apparent actual motion, on the screen.
Daily Evening Bulletin (San Francisco) 3 May 4/5 - 1975
Zoogyroscope images were attained by means of sequential transparent images placed around the rim of rotating glass disks and projected rapidly in succession onto a screen, reconstituting living movement.
Calif. Hist. Quarterly vol. 54 125 - 1999
At the turn of the 19th century, cinema emerged from a host of wannabe technologies, including the zoogyroscope, electro-tachyscope, biophantascope and vitamotograph.
New Scientist 23 October 42/1
society leisure the arts visual arts photography viewing of photographs [nouns] equipment for viewing- graphoscope1879–An apparatus containing a magnifying lens arranged for viewing engravings, photographs, etc.
- zoogyroscope1880–A modified form of zoetrope used to project a series of photographic images of animals or other subjects in order to display their movement; cf. zoo…
- zoopraxinoscope1889–A modified form of zoetrope used to project a series of photographic images of animals or other subjects in order to display their movement; = zoogyro…
- heliochromoscope1892–A device for superposing three specially prepared photographs of an object so as to produce an image in the natural colours.
- photochromoscope1893–A device for viewing a set of three monochrome photographs stereoscopically through red, green, and blue filters so that they are seen as a…
- kromskop1897–A viewer for the three positives of a chromogram, enabling them to be visually combined and seen as a single coloured picture. Frequently attributive…
- light table1931–A horizontal or tilted surface of translucent glass or plastic with a light behind it, used for viewing transparencies or photographic negatives, or…
- viewer1934–An optical device used for viewing images recorded on a particular medium, esp. those recorded on microfilm.
- slide viewer1960–
Pronunciation
British English
U.S. English
Consonants
- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- ɬrhingyll
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing
Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence
Vowels
- iːfleece
- ihappy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- atrap, bath
- ɑːstart, palm, bath
- ɒlot
- ɔːthought, force
- ʌstrut
- ʊfoot
- uːgoose
- əletter
- əːnurse
- ɪənear
- ɛːsquare
- ʊəcure
- eɪface
- ʌɪpride
- aʊmouth
- əʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ãgratin
- ɒ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)
Other symbols
- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.
View the pronunciation model here.
Consonants
- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye*
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing
* /d/ also represents a 'tapped' /t/ as in
Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence
Vowels
- ifleece, happy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- ætrap, bath
- ɑlot, palm, cloth, thought
- ɑrstart
- ɔcloth, thought
- ɔrnorth, force
- ʊfoot
- ugoose
- əstrut, comma
- ərnurse, letter
- ɪ(ə)rnear
- ɛ(ə)rsquare
- ʊ(ə)rcure
- eɪface
- aɪpride
- aʊmouth
- oʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ɑ̃gratin
- æ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)
Other symbols
- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.
View the pronunciation model here.
Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell.
Consonants
b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w and z have their standard English values
- gguy
- jjay
- yyore
- chchore
- khloch
- shshore
- ththaw
- dhthee
- zhbeige
Vowels
- atrap
- ahpalm
- airsquare
- arstart
- arrcarry (British only)
- awthought
- ayface
- a(ng)gratin
- edress
- eefleece
- eerdeer
- errmerry
- ikit
- ighpride
- irrmirror
- olot (British only)
- ohgoat
- oogoose
- oorcure
- orforce
- orrsorry (British only)
- owmouth
- oyvoice
- o(ng)salon
- ustrut
- uhletter
- urnurse
- urrhurry
- uufoot
Frequency
zoogyroscope typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.
zoogyroscope is in frequency band 1, which contains words occurring fewer than 0.001 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands
Frequency of zoogyroscope, n., 1880–2010
* Occurrences per million words in written English
Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.
The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.
For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.
Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.
| Decade | Frequency per million words |
|---|---|
| 1880 | 0.00005 |
| 1890 | 0.00009 |
| 1900 | 0.0001 |
| 1910 | 0.0001 |
| 1920 | 0.0001 |
| 1930 | 0.0001 |
| 1940 | 0.0002 |
| 1950 | 0.0002 |
| 1960 | 0.0003 |
| 1970 | 0.0003 |
| 1980 | 0.0003 |
| 1990 | 0.0004 |
| 2000 | 0.0004 |
| 2010 | 0.0004 |