KINETOSCOPE


Meaning of KINETOSCOPE in English

— kinetoscopic /ki nee'teuh skop"ik, -net'euh-, kuy-/ , adj.

/ki nee"teuh skohp', -net"euh-, kuy-/ , n.

an early motion-picture device, invented by Edison, in which the film passed behind a peephole for viewing by a single viewer.

[ 1860-65, Amer.; KINETO- + -SCOPE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .