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Noun: bioscope  'bI-u,skowp
  1. A kind of early movie projector
    "The antique bioscope was a prized piece in the film history museum"
     
  2. A South African movie theatre
    "They went to watch the latest blockbuster at the local bioscope"

Derived forms: bioscopes

Type of: cine projector, cinema, film projector, flicks [Brit, informal], movie house [N. Amer], movie projector, movie theater [US], movie theatre [N. Amer], picture house [Brit], picture palace [Brit, archaic], pictures [Brit]

Encyclopedia: Bioscope