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Mutoscope
Pronunciation : Mu"to*scope
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A simple form of moving-picture machine in which the series of views, exhibiting the successive phases of a scene, are printed on paper and mounted around the periphery of a wheel. The rotation of the wheel brings them rapidly into sight, one after another, and the blended effect gives a semblance of motion.
[L. mutare to change + -scope.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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