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noun
- 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.
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1993: This was the way I passed through the remainder of my childhood. The span smoothly, time"s Chief Designer narrowed the legs of trousers and decreed that the cars should be more aerodynamic. " Will Self, My Idea of Fun
noun
- a humming noise from something moving very fast
- a quick ascent
- a big increase
- an augmentation of a view as with a lens
verb
- to move fast with a humming noise
- to fly an airplane straight up
- to move rapidly
- to go up sharply, as in prices zoomed
- to change the focal length of a zoom lens
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