kinetograph

[Gr. kinētos = movable, and graphein to write.] An apparatus for taking pictures of moving objects in their changing positions. It was invented by Thomas A. Edison. By means of the peculiar mechanism with which it is pro vided, a series of photographs, about forty to the second, can be taken. So rapidly does this machine work that every motion of a dancer's feet, 2. Relations by blood or marriage; relatives, con every twist or turn of a club-swinger's wrists and nections, kin; persons of the same family. IMG:content-0245.png:[blocks in formation] Physics: The science of pure motion, admitting conceptions of time and velocity , but excluding the conception of force. Newton's fluxions are a purely kinematical method. From the kinematics of a point, all the properties of a curve may be deduced. kin-ě-scope, s. [KINETOSCOPE.] kin-ě-si-at-ric, a. [Gr. kinēsis movement, motion, and iatrikos of, or for, a surgeon.] Therapeut.: Of, or relating to, muscular move ment; used as a remedy for certain diseases.