bioscope

[ bahy-uh-skohp ]

noun
  1. an early form of motion-picture projector, used about 1900.

Origin of bioscope

1
First recorded in 1895–1900; bio- + -scope

Words Nearby bioscope

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How to use bioscope in a sentence

  • As the lights went down for the bioscope, the idea of reconciliation that springs from fat cheery hearts overwhelmed him.

    A Bed of Roses | W. L. George
  • There was a bioscope, of course; there is always a bioscope; we had found one even in the tiny town of Medan, in Sumatra.

    Appearances | Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson
  • So this is the kind of bioscope the master wanted me to see!

    Autobiography of a YOGI | Paramhansa Yogananda
  • Little sir, I see you found the second bioscope to your liking.

    Autobiography of a YOGI | Paramhansa Yogananda
  • An electric light plant was seen here; also bioscope theaters.

British Dictionary definitions for bioscope

bioscope

/ (ˈbaɪəˌskəʊp) /


noun
  1. a kind of early film projector

  2. a South African word for cinema

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