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kinetophone en · NOUN

Etymology

From kineto- + -phone.

Meanings

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:

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Synonyms

kinetophonograph