kinetograph

American

[ki-nee-tuh-graf, -grahf, -net-uh-, kahy-] / kɪˈni təˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf, -ˈnɛt ə-, kaɪ- /

noun

a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.

Other Word Forms

kinetographer noun
kinetographic adjective
kinetography noun

Etymology

Origin of kinetograph

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95; kineto- + -graph

Example Sentences

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The point was for Edison to showcase his lab’s glorious new invention: the kinetograph.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 18, 2018

Next week, if it's successful, we shall produce it with scenery and effects on the kinetograph.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 6, 1891 by Various

Those who wish to see the kinetograph at work will please go within.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 6, 1891 by Various

"Yes, and the peculiarity of the age is that while such luxuries as the phonograph and the kinetograph multiply day by day, important necessities remain unsupplied."

From Tales from Bohemia by Stephens, Robert Neilson

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