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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