bioscope

[ bahy-uh-skohp ]

noun

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

bioscope

/ ˈbaɪəˌskəʊp /

noun

1. a kind of early film projector
2. a South African word for cinema

Word History and Origins

Origin of bioscope¹

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

Example Sentences

In becoming a movie house, the Olympic reverts to the building's previous life as Byfield Hall, a historic entertainment venue whose attractions included the bioscope, an early form of cinema.

From BBC

They couldn't, of course, visit "bioscopes" for whites.

From Seattle Times

We had expected to see the whole surface of the Mediterranean almost as busy as State and Madison, or Broadway and Forty-second—craft of all descriptions criss-crossing the blue ripples, a continuous aquatic bioscope.

From Project Gutenberg

Then of course there are the usual popular amusements—the inevitable bioscope, the gramophone, and all sorts of shows.

From Project Gutenberg

He might have been operating that bioscope the night before, be due back the next, and just having a look at things in France on his night off.

From Project Gutenberg