[{"word":"zoetrope","phonetic":"/ˈzəʊɪtɹəʊp/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˈzəʊɪtɹəʊp/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"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.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"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)."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/zoetrope"]}]