kinetoscope

[ ki-nee-tuh-skohp, -net-uh-, kahy- ]

/ kɪˈni təˌskoʊp, -ˈnɛt ə-, kaɪ- /

an early motion-picture device, invented by Edison, in which the film passed behind a peephole for viewing by a single viewer.

Origin of kinetoscope

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65; kineto- + -scope

ki·ne·to·scop·ic

[ki-nee-tuh-skop-ik, -net-uh-, kahy-] /kɪˌni təˈskɒp ɪk, -ˌnɛt ə-, kaɪ-/, adjective

Swiftly, with a click like that of the mechanism in a kinetoscope, the scene changed.

The Quickening |Francis Lynde
The phonograph is his achievement, and the practical development of the kinetoscope.

Historic Inventions |Rupert S. Holland
About 1890, Edison invented the kinetograph and kinetoscope, after a long series of investigations and experiments.

Invention |Bradley A. Fiske
I had come across the Futuroscope, otherwise a kinetoscope with the gift of prophecy.

Olympian Nights |John Kendrick Bangs

Let's go down to th' v'riety show an' hiss his pitcher in th' kinetoscope.'

Mr. Dooley's Philosophy |Finley Peter Dunne