KINETOSCOPES

Noun

kinetoscopes

plural of kinetoscope

Source: Wiktionary


KINETOSCOPE

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



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(noun) the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; “the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English”; “he has a strong German accent”; “it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy”


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