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Definition of Phantasmagoria
1. Noun. A constantly changing medley of real or imagined images (as in a dream).
Derivative terms: Phantasmagoric, Phantasmagorical
Definition of Phantasmagoria
1. n. An optical effect produced by a magic lantern. The figures are painted in transparent colors, and all the rest of the glass is opaque black. The screen is between the spectators and the instrument, and the figures are often made to appear as in motion, or to merge into one another.
Definition of Phantasmagoria
1. Noun. A series of events involving rapid changes in light intensity and colour. ¹
2. Noun. A dreamlike state where real and imagined elements are blurred together. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Phantasmagoria
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Medical Definition of Phantasmagoria
1. 1. An optical effect produced by a magic lantern. The figures are painted in transparent colours, and all the rest of the glass is opaque black. The screen is between the spectators and the instrument, and the figures are often made to appear as in motion, or to merge into one another. 2. The apparatus by which such an effect is produced. 3. A medley of figures; illusive images. "This mental phantasmagoria." Origin: NL, from Gr. A phantasm + an assembly, fr. To gather: cf. F. Phantasmagorie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Phantasmagoria
Literary usage of Phantasmagoria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1825)
"Phantasmagoria; or, Sketches of Life ... "\T7'E look upon titles to books with
an eye of concern. of Phantasmagoria is an unlucky selection in the abstract: ..."
2. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds (1889)
"... casting Perseus) ; but there is nothing in his confidences to make us suppose
that the phantasmagoria of the Coliseum was a deliberate invention. XIV. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear Exposition by Andrew Ure (1853)
"Phantasmagoria. The phantasmagoria lanterns are a scientific form of magic lantern,
differing from it in no essential principle. The images they produce are ..."
4. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines by Andrew Ure (1858)
"Phantasmagoria. The phantasmagoria lanterns are a scientific form of magic lantern,
differing from it in no essential principle. The images they produce are ..."
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