kinetoscope

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  2. An instrument for illustrating the production of kinematic curves by the combination of circular movements of different radii.

Word forms

kinetoscope kinetoscopes

Etymology

From kineto- + -scope.

Derived words

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