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

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

Then of course there are the usual popular amusements—the inevitable bioscope, the gramophone, and all sorts of shows.

From Southern Spain by Calvert, A. F. (Albert Frederick)

It was as though he were a spectator of a bioscope drama, standing in darkness while a scene was being pictured for him in remorseless detail behind the lighted window.

From Swirling Waters by Rittenberg, Max

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 Williams, Archibald