kinetoscope

[ ki-nee-tuh-skohp, -net-uh-, kahy- ]

/ kɪˈni təˌskoʊp, -ˈnɛt ə-, kaɪ- /

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

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An Americanism dating back to 1860–65; kineto- + -scope

ki·ne·to·scop·ic

[ki-nee-tuh-skop-ik, -net-uh-, kahy-], /kɪˌni təˈskɒp ɪk, -ˌnɛt ə-, kaɪ-/, adjective

They constituted rather an accurate kinetoscope view of the yearly lives of chance passing workers in those trades.
Making Both Ends Meet|Sue Ainslie Clark and Edith Wyatt
Swiftly, with a click like that of the mechanism in a kinetoscope, the scene changed.
The Quickening|Francis Lynde
It is not a vision neither is there a mere kinetoscope procession.
Conversion of a High Priest into a Christian Worker|Meletios Golden
The kinetoscope comes to aid the phonograph to make pictures of action and lasting records of music and of speech.
Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O|Various

It takes this new invention, the kinetoscope, to bring us these panoramic drama-elements.
The Art Of The Moving Picture|Vachel Lindsay