Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kinetoscope

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables: kine-to-scope
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

noun

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

Example Sentences

"A paper-over-board book based on a new technology that its inventor, the author, calls “scanimation”: mimicking the effect of a kinetoscope, the pictures of animals, birds and fish seem to move with extraordinary naturalism."

Etymology

From kineto- + -scope.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: kineto
Suffix: scope

Inflected Forms

kinetoscopes (plural)

Derived Forms

kinetoscopic

Frequently Paired Words

kinescope

Questions

What does kinetoscope mean?: 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.
Where does kinetoscope come from?: From kineto- + -scope.

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