kinetoscope

noun

: a device for viewing through a magnifying lens a sequence of pictures on an endless band of film moved continuously over a light source and a rapidly rotating shutter that creates an illusion of motion

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The business allowed customers to access entertainment — music, speeches and, eventually, brief kinetoscope movies — for a nickel a spin. Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2020 Photographer William Dickinson shot moving images on typical 35mm film for use in a kinetoscope, which was like a projector, but viewers had to watch moving images through a small hole in the machine itself. Stan Horaczek, Popular Science, 7 Apr. 2020

Word History

Etymology

from Kinetoscope, a trademark

First Known Use

1894, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of kinetoscope was in 1894

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“Kinetoscope.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kinetoscope. Accessed 29 Dec. 2024.

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