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Definition of strobe noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

strobe

noun
 
/strəʊb/
 
/strəʊb/
(also strobe light)
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  1. a bright light that flashes rapidly on and off
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryStrobe is used before these nouns:
    • light
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    Word Origin1940s: abbreviation of stroboscopic, from Greek strobos ‘whirling’.
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