Definition of strobe light
: strobe
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And to cap an exciting evening of upbeat music, colorful strobe lights, budding young talent and inspired performances, the Panlara Steel Band from the Caribbean performed.
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For many, the booming bass and strobe lights are enjoyable features of the show.
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Under a disco ball and strobe lights, a special performance by Josephine de la Baume–fronted Film Noir wrapped up the evening on a high—the band’s first time performing in the United States.
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Farther back is the dance floor, where three more glitter balls hang over the crowd, as strobe lights and sometimes fog effects recreate that old disco feeling without any of the decadence.
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Birdseye is working with federal wildlife officials to install electric fences, strobe lights and fladry, a colorful fabric hung on fences, to deter the predators.
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Between the beat of drums and close-ups of manic masks and swirls in the sand, two proto-Lynchian strobe lights flash incessantly at the mad spectacle.
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In 1957, Harold Edgerton’s newly invented strobe light captured the coronet of a milk drop falling into a red pan with stunning precision and beauty.
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In a matching cut, Rooney Mara, playing the same character years later, stands in a dark room with strangers as strobe lights flash and a synthetic percussion track throbs.
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First Known Use of strobe light
1947
STROBE LIGHT Defined for English Language Learners
strobe light
Definition of strobe light for English Language Learners
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: a bright light that flashes on and off very quickly
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