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English word kinetoscope comes from two English words ultimately of Ancient Greek origin: kineto- (motion; movement) and -scope (denoting an instrument used for viewing or examination)
-scope (English)
Used to make terms denoting an instrument used for viewing or examination.
kineto- (English)
Motion; movement.
kinetoscope (English)
An early device for exhibiting motion pictures, creating the illusion of movement from a strip of perforated film bearing sequential images that is conveyed over a light source with a high-speed shutter.. An instrument for illustrating the production of kinematic curves by the combination of circular movements of different radii.