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: a device that utilizes a flash tube for high-speed illumination (as in photography)
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Also, don’t forget to note other migraine triggers—say, blaring music or terrible lighting situations, like pulsing strobes and flickering fluorescent bulbs.
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Erica Sweeney, SELF, 3 Apr. 2024
This option had five settings: ultralow, low, medium, high,and turbo, in addition to a strobe feature.
—Jack Byram, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Mar. 2024
The strobe effect as the characters voyage into Hollow Earth is a very cool moment in both of Adam’s MonsterVerse films.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Mar. 2024
No strobes nor bait were used to take this photograph, to cause as little a disturbance as possible.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Feb. 2024
The white fir tree, which stands 60 feet tall and weighs 12,000 pounds, is adorned with thousands of lights, icicles and strobes.
—Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
The time scale of the shutter or the strobe must match the time scale of motion of the object – if not, the image will be blurred.
—Niranjan Shivaram, The Conversation, 4 Oct. 2023
The agent turned, and O’Leary got the crucial image, a harsh strobe of a flash catching the disgraced city leader as he was rushed into his house.
—Natalia Jiménez-Stuard, Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2023
It’s also equipped with a wrist lanyard and a flashlight with multiple settings and an SOS strobe to signal for help.
—Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 13 Dec. 2023
Erica Sweeney, SELF, 3 Apr. 2024
This option had five settings: ultralow, low, medium, high,and turbo, in addition to a strobe feature.
—Jack Byram, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Mar. 2024
The strobe effect as the characters voyage into Hollow Earth is a very cool moment in both of Adam’s MonsterVerse films.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Mar. 2024
No strobes nor bait were used to take this photograph, to cause as little a disturbance as possible.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Feb. 2024
The white fir tree, which stands 60 feet tall and weighs 12,000 pounds, is adorned with thousands of lights, icicles and strobes.
—Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
The time scale of the shutter or the strobe must match the time scale of motion of the object – if not, the image will be blurred.
—Niranjan Shivaram, The Conversation, 4 Oct. 2023
The agent turned, and O’Leary got the crucial image, a harsh strobe of a flash catching the disgraced city leader as he was rushed into his house.
—Natalia Jiménez-Stuard, Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2023
It’s also equipped with a wrist lanyard and a flashlight with multiple settings and an SOS strobe to signal for help.
—Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 13 Dec. 2023
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“Strobe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strobe. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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strobe
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: a device that produces a very brief strong flash of light (as for photography) and that can be used repeatedly
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