1. A light source that flashes rapidly at regular intervals, especially one used to create the illusion of slow motion or to study periodic motion
   "The engineer used a strobe to analyse the motion of the machine's rotating parts";
   - stroboscope, strobe light

1. Flash like a strobe; light with a strobe
   "The disco lights strobed across the dance floor"

Derived forms: strobing, strobes, strobed

Type of: scientific instrument

Encyclopedia: Strobe