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kinetophone

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ki`ne´to`phone
n.1.A machine combining a kinetoscope and a phonograph synchronized so as to reproduce a scene and its accompanying sounds. It has been superseded by recording techniques allowing the sounds to be recorded directly on the motion-picture film.
kinetophone
an apparatus for projecting sound and pictures by a combination of a phonograph and a kinetoscope.
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