"strobe" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /stɹəʊb/ [Received-Pronunciation], /stɹoʊb/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-strobe.wav [Southern-England] Forms: strobes [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊb Etymology: Shortening of stroboscope. Etymology templates: {{m|en|stroboscope}} stroboscope Head templates: {{en-noun}} strobe (plural strobes)
  1. A stroboscopic lamp: a device used to produce regular flashes of light. Categories (topical): Light
    Sense id: en-strobe-en-noun-i5wCdzLV Disambiguation of Light: 89 7 4
  2. (computing) An electronic signal in hardware indicating that a value is ready to be read. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-strobe-en-noun-zLTR-aTV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 45 25 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 28 51 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 28 53 20 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: strobe light, strobe lighting

Verb [English]

IPA: /stɹəʊb/ [Received-Pronunciation], /stɹoʊb/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-strobe.wav [Southern-England] Forms: strobes [present, singular, third-person], strobing [participle, present], strobed [participle, past], strobed [past]
Rhymes: -əʊb Etymology: Shortening of stroboscope. Etymology templates: {{m|en|stroboscope}} stroboscope Head templates: {{en-verb}} strobe (third-person singular simple present strobes, present participle strobing, simple past and past participle strobed)
  1. To flash like a stroboscopic lamp.
    Sense id: en-strobe-en-verb-om2CWOm7

Noun [Latin]

Head templates: {{head|la|noun form}} strobe
  1. vocative singular of strobus Tags: form-of, singular, vocative Form of: strobus
    Sense id: en-strobe-la-noun-pYTWd0IL Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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