kinetoscope
Meanings
noun
- An early device for exhibiting motion pictures, creating the illusion of movement from a strip of perforated film bearing sequential images that is conveyed over a light source with a high-speed shutter.
- An instrument for illustrating the production of kinematic curves by the combination of circular movements of different radii.
Word forms
Etymology
From kineto- + -scope.
Derived words
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