kinetophone
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A machine combining a kinetoscope and a phonograph synchronized so as to reproduce a scene and its accompanying sounds.
Example Sentences
- "Shortly thereafter, many parlors installed kinetophones, in which patrons, after putting a coin in the slot, could peer through an eyepiece at moving pictures and, at the same time, by means of ear-tubes somewhat similar to the physician's stethoscope, listen to a sound accompaniment."
Etymology
From kineto- + -phone.