Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Chromatrope

Chromatrope , noun

[Greek {not transcribed} color + {not transcribed} turn, rotation, {not transcribed} to turn.]

1.
(Physics) An instrument for exhibiting certain chromatic effects of light (depending upon the persistence of vision and mixture of colors) by means of rapidly rotating disks variously colored.
2.
A device in a magic lantern or stereopticon to produce kaleidoscopic effects.