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: a device that utilizes a flash tube for high-speed illumination (as in photography)
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The wall is programmable and lights up with twinkling star effects, colors and strobes.
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Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
Audience members should also be aware that the performance includes flashing lights, strobe effects and haze.
—Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
The pink-and-blue strobe effects were so striking on the gray suits.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2025
Find the clip, which opens with a strobe warning, below.
—Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 26 Feb. 2025
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Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
Audience members should also be aware that the performance includes flashing lights, strobe effects and haze.
—Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
The pink-and-blue strobe effects were so striking on the gray suits.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2025
Find the clip, which opens with a strobe warning, below.
—Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 26 Feb. 2025
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“Strobe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strobe. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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strobe
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: a device that produces a very brief strong flash of light (as for photography) and that can be used repeatedly
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