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(historical) A machine combining a kinetoscope and a phonograph synchronized so as to reproduce a scene and its accompanying sounds..
Shortly thereafter, many parlors installed kinetophones, in which patrons, after putting a coin in the slot, could peer through an eyepiece at moving pictures and, at the same time, by means of ear-tubes somewhat similar to the physician's stethoscope, listen to a sound accompaniment.
Use kinetophone when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Kinetophone means (historical) A machine combining a kinetoscope and a phonograph synchronized so as to reproduce a scene and its accompanying sounds..
Common synonyms include kinetophonograph.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Shortly thereafter, many parlors installed kinetophones, in which patrons, after putting a coin in the slot, could peer through an eyepiece at moving pictures and, at the same time, by means of ear-tubes somewhat similar to the physician's stethoscope, listen to a sound accompaniment.
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