kinetoscope

American  

[ki-nee-tuh-skohp, -net-uh-, kahy-] / kɪˈni təˌskoʊp, -ˈnɛt ə-, kaɪ- /

noun

1. 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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Other Word Forms

• kinetoscopic
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of kinetoscope

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

Example Sentences

The business allowed customers to access entertainment — music, speeches and, eventually, brief kinetoscope movies — for a nickel a spin.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2020

Heise, too, was dissatisfied enough with the state of boxing-cat-capturing technology that he built his own, working with Dickson on the development of the kinetoscope.

From Slate • Jul. 7, 2018

He paved the way for Eugen Sandow, a “theatrical athlete” who fought a lion, posed in skimpy clothes and flexed for Thomas Edison’s kinetoscope in 1894.

From Washington Post • Jul. 29, 2016

Film production was originally based in and around New York, where Thomas Edison first debuted the kinetoscope in 1893.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

I had come across the Futuroscope, otherwise a kinetoscope with the gift of prophecy.

From Olympian Nights by Bangs, John Kendrick