Kinetoscope

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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a device invented by Edison that gave an impression of movement as an endless loop of film moved continuously over a light source with a rapid shutter

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Kinetoscopes
possessive: Kinetoscope's
pluralpossessive: Kinetoscopes'

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