BIOSCOPE

bioscope

(noun) a kind of early movie projector

bioscope

(noun) a South African movie theater

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

bioscope (plural bioscopes)

An early form of movie projector

(South Africa, India, Southeast Asia, dated) A cinema or movie theatre.

Source: Wiktionary


Bi"o*scope, n. [Gr. bi`os life + -scope.]

1.

Definition: A view of life; that which gives such a view.

Bagman's Bioscope: Various Views of Men and Manners. [Book Title.] W. Bayley (1824).

2. An animated picture machine for screen projection; a cinematograph (which see).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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