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kinetophone

kinetophone noun: a machine combining a kinetoscope and a phonograph synchronized so as to reproduce a scene and its accompanying sounds.

Noun

kinetophone (plural kinetophones)

  1. (historical) A machine combining a kinetoscope and a phonograph synchronized so as to reproduce a scene and its accompanying sounds.
    • 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.1941, Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers

Synonyms of kinetophone

Forms of kinetophone

pluralkinetophones

Origin of kinetophone

From kineto- + -phone.

Questions about kinetophone

What does kinetophone mean?
Kinetophone means a machine combining a kinetoscope and a phonograph synchronized so as to reproduce a scene and its accompanying sounds.
What part of speech is kinetophone?
Kinetophone is a noun.
What is the plural of kinetophone?
The plural of kinetophone is kinetophones.

Words near kinetophone in the dictionary

  1. kinetographic
  2. kinetographically
  3. kinetographs
  4. kinetography
  5. Kineton
  6. kinetophone
  7. kinetophones
  8. kinetophonograph
  9. kinetophonographs
  10. kinetoplasm
  11. kinetoplast

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