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: a device that utilizes a flash tube for high-speed illumination (as in photography)
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Despite boasting several original members, including able keyboardist Gillian Gilbert, the flashy strobes and lasers weren’t quite enough to cap the evening with the punch that past headliners have provided.
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Chris Willman, Variety, 19 May 2025
Still, some options will also include a red light setting, which produces less of a blinding effect for others, and strobe effects for emergency signaling.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
This violent event flashes onstage in the manner of a traumatic memory, with Goodman’s Jesse writhing on Justin Huen’s impressionistic urban set as lighting and sound designer Matt Richter underscores the hallucinatory nature of the assault with strobe effects.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2025
The wall is programmable and lights up with twinkling star effects, colors and strobes.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
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Chris Willman, Variety, 19 May 2025
Still, some options will also include a red light setting, which produces less of a blinding effect for others, and strobe effects for emergency signaling.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
This violent event flashes onstage in the manner of a traumatic memory, with Goodman’s Jesse writhing on Justin Huen’s impressionistic urban set as lighting and sound designer Matt Richter underscores the hallucinatory nature of the assault with strobe effects.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2025
The wall is programmable and lights up with twinkling star effects, colors and strobes.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Strobe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strobe. Accessed 3 Jun. 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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