bioscope

[ bahy-uh-skohp ]

/ ˈbaɪ əˌskoʊp /

an early form of motion-picture projector, used about 1900.

Origin of bioscope

First recorded in 1895–1900; bio- + -scope

Little sir, you were disappointed in that bioscope, 9-2 but I think you will like a different one.

Autobiography of a YOGI |Paramhansa Yogananda
Little sir, I see you found the second bioscope to your liking.

Autobiography of a YOGI |Paramhansa Yogananda
So this is the kind of bioscope the master wanted me to see!

Autobiography of a YOGI |Paramhansa Yogananda
As the lights went down for the bioscope, the idea of reconciliation that springs from fat cheery hearts overwhelmed him.

A Bed of Roses |W. L. George

There was a bioscope, of course; there is always a bioscope; we had found one even in the tiny town of Medan, in Sumatra.

Appearances |Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson

bioscope

/ (ˈbaɪəˌskəʊp) /

a kind of early film projector

a South African word for cinema