vitascope
[ vahy-tuh-skohp ]
noun
one of the first motion-picture projectors, developed by Thomas Edison.
Origin of vitascope
1Other words from vitascope
- vi·ta·scop·ic [vahy-tuh-skop-ik], /ˌvaɪ təˈskɒp ɪk/, adjective
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How to use vitascope in a sentence
The people, hardly civilized, are put before us, a marvellous vitascope of pain and disease.
Iconoclasts | James HunekerI'll invent the graphophone, the kodak, the vitascope, an' Milliken's cough syrup an' a lot of other big modern inventions.
The Panchronicon | Harold Steele Mackaye
British Dictionary definitions for vitascope
vitascope
/ (ˈvaɪtəˌskəʊp) /
noun
an early type of film projector
Origin of vitascope
1C19: from Latin vīta life + -scope
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