kinetograph

[ ki-nee-tuh-graf, -grahf, -net-uh-, kahy- ]

noun

1. a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.

Other Words From

• kin·e·tog·ra·pher [kin-i-, tog, -r, uh, -fer, kahy-ni-], noun
• ki·ne·to·graph·ic [ki-nee-t, uh, -, graf, -ik, -net-, uh, -, kahy-], adjective
• kine·togra·phy noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of kinetograph¹

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95; kineto- + -graph

Example Sentences

After years of experimentation, Edison patented a movie camera called the Kinetograph in 1897.

From Salon

The point was for Edison to showcase his lab’s glorious new invention: the kinetograph.

From The New Yorker

“That was fun. Any questions for me? The inventor of the kinetograph?”

From The New Yorker

He also takes us into the 1890s studio of Thomas Edison, who worked on his kinetograph movie camera and kinetoscope peep-show box.

From Seattle Times

Men who make movies have been saying such things to the women who appear in them since Thomas Edison patented the Kinetograph, and not a few of the all-time great directors are among them; ask the ghost of any given hat-check girl in a Howard Hawks picture.

From Slate