KINETOSCOPE

Kinetoscope

(noun) a device invented by Edison that gave an impression of movement as an endless loop of film moved continuously over a light source with a rapid shutter; precursor of the modern motion picture

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

kinetoscope (plural kinetoscopes)

An early device for exhibiting motion pictures, creating the illusion of movement from a strip of perforated film bearing sequential images that is conveyed over a light source with a high-speed shutter.

An instrument for illustrating the production of kinematic curves by the combination of circular movements of different radii.

Source: Wiktionary

Ki*ne"to*scope, n.

Definition: A machine, for the production of animated pictures, in which a film carrying successive instantaneous views of a moving scene travels uniformly through the field of a magnifying glass. The observer sees each picture, momentarily, through a slit in a revolving disk, and these glimpses, blended by persistence of vision, give the impression of continuous motion.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition