| Praxis | n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to do. See Practice. ] 1. Use; practice; especially, exercise or discipline for a specific purpose or object. “The praxis and theory of music.” Wood. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. An example or form of exercise, or a collection of such examples, for practice. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Zoopraxiscope | n. [ Zoo- + Gr. &unr_; a doing, an acting (from &unr_; to do) + -scope. ] An instrument similar to, or the same as, the, the phenakistoscope, by means of which pictures projected upon a screen are made to exhibit the natural movements of animals, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ] |
