bioscope

American  

[bahy-uh-skohp] / ˈbaɪ əˌskoʊp /

noun

1. an early form of motion-picture projector, used about 1900.

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bioscope British  

/ ˈbaɪəˌskəʊp /

noun

1. a kind of early film projector

2. a South African word for cinema

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Etymology

Origin of bioscope

First recorded in 1895–1900; bio- + -scope

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Example Sentences

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bioscope

In becoming a movie house, the Olympic reverts to the building's previous life as Byfield Hall, a historic entertainment venue whose attractions included the bioscope, an early form of cinema.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2013

Or rather, back of the "bioscope," a word for the cinema in South Africa in the old days.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 2013

From this was developed the popular toy which as the zoötrope or bioscope became familiar everywhere.

From The Photoplay A Psychological Study by Hugo Münsterberg

I see, little sir, that you don't like this bioscope.

From Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

In the Urban bioscope the film travels at the rate of fifteen miles an hour, upwards of one hundred exposures being made every second.

From How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use by Archibald Williams

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