vitascope

[ vahy-tuh-skohp ]

noun

1. one of the first motion-picture projectors, developed by Thomas Edison.

vitascope

/ ˈvaɪtəˌskəʊp /

noun

1. an early type of film projector

Other Words From

• vi·ta·scop·ic [vahy-t, uh, -, skop, -ik], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of vitascope¹

1890–95, Americanism; < Latin vīta life + -scope

Word History and Origins

Origin of vitascope¹

C19: from Latin vīta life + -scope

Example Sentences

The people, hardly civilized, are put before us, a marvellous vitascope of pain and disease.

From Project Gutenberg

I'll invent the graphophone, the kodak, the vitascope, an' Milliken's cough syrup an' a lot of other big modern inventions.

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