Phēn'a-kis'to-scōpe, n.

n. [Gr. φενακισμός, deceit, and σκοπεῖν, to see.] A revolving disk on which figures drawn in different relative attitudes are seen successively, so as to produce the appearance of an object in actual motion, as an animal leaping, &c., in consequence of the persistence of the successive visual impressions on the retina.