strobe

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strobe / strōb/ inf. • n. 1. a stroboscope. ∎ a stroboscopic lamp: [as adj.] strobe lights dazzled her. 2. an electronic flash for a camera.• v. [intr.] 1. flash intermittently: the light of the fireworks strobed around the room. ∎ [tr.] light as if with a stroboscope: a neon sign strobed the room.2. exhibit or give rise to strobing: he explained that the stripes I was wearing would strobe.

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English

strobe

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strobe A pulse used to sample the occurrence of an event in time, at a specified point in relation to the event.

A Dictionary of Computing JOHN DAINTITH

STROBE

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STROBE (strəʊb) satellite tracking of balloons and emergencies

The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH