Strobe Light

Lambert M. Surhone

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Strobe light or stroboscopic lamp, commonly called a strobe, is a device used to produce regular flashes of light. It is one of a number of devices that can be used as a stroboscope. The word originated from the Greek strobos, meaning "act of whirling." Strobe lights are used in scientific and industrial applications, in clubs where they are used to give an illusion of slow motion and for aircraft anti-collision lighting. Other applications are in alarm systems, theatrical lighting, and as high-visibility running lights. They are still widely used in law enforcement and other emergency vehicles, though they are slowly being replaced by LED technology in this application, as they themselves largely replaced halogen lighting. Strobes are used by scuba divers as an emergency signaling device. Strobe lighting has also been used to see the movements of the vocal cords in slow motion during speech, a procedure known as video-stroboscopy.