Dictionary entry

Bioscope

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Bi″o‐scope (?), n. [Gr. βίοσ life + -scope.] 1. A view of life; that which gives such a view.

Bagman's Bioscope: Various Views of Men and Manners. [Book Title.]W. Bayley (1824).

2. An animated picture machine for screen projection; a cinematograph (which see).