Phantasmagoria

[,fæntæzmə'gɔːrɪə;-'gɒrɪə] or [,fæntæzmə'ɡɔrɪə]

Definition

(noun.) a constantly changing medley of real or imagined images (as in a dream).

Checker: Salvatore--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) An optical effect produced by a magic lantern. The figures are painted in transparent colors, and all the rest of the glass is opaque black. The screen is between the spectators and the instrument, and the figures are often made to appear as in motion, or to merge into one another.

(n.) The apparatus by which such an effect is produced.

(n.) Fig.: A medley of figures; illusive images.

Checker: Phelps

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Magic lantern.[2]. Illusive images, optical illusions.

Inputed by Julio

Definition

n. a fantastic series of illusive images: a gathering of appearances or figures upon a flat surface by a magic-lantern.—adjs. Phantasmagō′rial pertaining to or resembling a phantasmagoria; Phantasmagor′ic -al.

Edited by Greg