Australian English Meaning of kinetoscope

Kinetoscope

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Definitions and Meaning of kinetoscope in English

Wordnet

kinetoscope (n)

a device invented by Edison that gave an impression of movement as an endless loop of film moved continuously over a light source with a rapid shutter; precursor of the modern motion picture

Webster

kinetoscope (n.)

A machine, for the production of animated pictures, in which a film carrying successive instantaneous views of a moving scene travels uniformly through the field of a magnifying glass. The observer sees each picture, momentarily, through a slit in a revolving disk, and these glimpses, blended by persistence of vision, give the impression of continuous motion.

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Kinetoscope

a device invented by Edison that gave an impression of movement as an endless loop of film moved continuously over a light source with a rapid shutter; precurso

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kinetophone => Kinetophone, kinetograph => Kinetograph, kinetogenesis => kinetogenesis, kinetochore => kinetochore, kinetics => kinetics,