an early type of film camera, invented in the late 19th century, which was used for photographing moving objects
kinetograph in American English
(kɪˈnitəˌɡræf, -ˌɡrɑːf, -ˈnetə-, kai-)
noun
a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope
Derived forms
kinetographer (ˌkɪnɪˈtɑɡrəfər, ˌkainɪ-)
noun
kinetographic (kɪˌnitəˈɡræfɪk, -ˌnetə-, kai-)
adjective
kinetography
noun
Word origin
[1890–95, Amer.; kineto- + -graph]This word is first recorded in the period 1890–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: historicism, masochism, plein-air, takedown, wireless-graph is a combining form meaning “drawn,” “written” (lithograph; monograph). It is specialized in meaning to indicate the instrument rather than the writtenproduct of the instrument (telegraph; phonograph)