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Definition: Kinetoscope |
KinetoscopeNoun1. (trade name) 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; precursor of the modern motion picture. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Computing | Device for viewing a sequence of images through a lens on an endless film moved continuously over a light source. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
On May 20, 1891 the first public display of Thomas Alva Edison's prototype kinetoscope was shown at Edison's Laboratory for a convention of the National Federation of Women's Clubs.
See also: Film history
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Kinetoscope."
Crosswords: Kinetoscope |
| English words defined with "Kinetoscope": Edison ♦ Kinepox ♦ Thomas Alva Edison, Thomas Edison. (references) |
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 | Caption: Man Viewing a Kinetoscope Which Is Equipped with Synchronized Sound; 1895; {23.100/30} (jpg). |  | Caption: Kinetoscope (1894) in West Orange Library, Doors Open to Reveal Mechanism; West Orange, NJ; September 29, 1939; {23.100/38} (jpg). |
 | Caption: Peter Bacigalupi's Kinetoscope, Phonograph, and Gramophone Arcade; San Francisco, CA; 1895; {23.300/2} (jpg). |  | Caption: Home Projecting Kinetoscope Publicity Shot, Made at Edison's Studio, Family Watching Film in Living Room; August 9, 1912; {23.500/5} (jpg). |
 | Caption: Edison Examining Motion Picture Film from Home Projecting Kinetoscope; West Orange, NJ; July 19, 1912; {14.635/2} (jpg). | ||
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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kinetoscope | 17 |
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| Language | Translations for "Kinetoscope"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | kinetoskop. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | kinetoscoop, kinescoop, cinetoscoop. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | kinétoscope, cinétoscope. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Kinetoskop, Kineskop, Betrachtungsapparat. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | κινητοσκόπιον ή κινηματοσκόπιον, οθόνη σωλήνα καθοδικών ακτίνων, οθόνη CRT. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | cinetoscopio. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | inetoscopekay cinetoscópio (kinfolk), cinescópio (kinescope, picture tube, television tube), cinética. (various references) cinetoscopio, cinescopio (kinescope, picture tube, television tube). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "Kinetoscope": kinetoscopes. (additional references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-i-k-n-o-o-p-s-t" | |
-2 letters: copestone, kinescope, optionees, potencies. | |
-3 letters: coonties, ecotones, neckties, optionee, peckiest, pectines, penstock, picotees, pockiest, potences, seicento. | |
-4 letters: cenotes, coesite, cookies, coontie, cooties, ecotone, eikones, entices, entopic, incepts, inkpots, inspect, isotone, isotope, kenotic, ketones, ketonic, necktie, nepotic, nookies, notices, openest, opsonic, options, pectens, pectins, pentose, peonies, pickets, picotee, pinkest, pinkoes, pintoes, pockets, pocosin, poetics. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-i-k-n-o-o-p-s-t" | |
+1 letter: kinetoscopes. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4B 69 6E 65 74 6F 73 63 6F 70 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.- .. -. . - --- ... -.-. --- .--. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001011 01101001 01101110 01100101 01110100 01101111 01110011 01100011 01101111 01110000 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)K i n e t o s c o p e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004B 0069 006E 0065 0074 006F 0073 0063 006F 0070 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4575807186818569818271 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, dinamarquês, danés |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | hollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, holandês, holandés |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, francês, francés |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | tysker, Duitse, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, tedesco, alemão, alemán |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | græker, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, grego, griego |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | italiener, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portoghese, português, portugués |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | Spaans, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, espanhol, español |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, inglês, inglés |
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