Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun kinetoscope

1 sense of kinetoscope

Sense 1
Kinetoscope -- (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)
       => device -- (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water")