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CINEMA

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cin⋅e⋅ma

  [sin-uh-muh]
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–noun
1. Chiefly British. motion picture.
2. the cinema, motion pictures collectively, as an art.
3. Chiefly British. a motion-picture theater.
Origin:
1895–1900; short for cinematograph

Related forms:
cin⋅e⋅mat⋅ic  [sin-uh-mat-ik] , adjective
cin⋅e⋅mat⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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AMC theatres before noon
Enjoy $6 first-run movies before noon. Exclusions apply.
www.AMCEntertainment.com/amcinema
cin·e·ma   (sĭn'ə-mə)   
n.  

    1. A film or movie.

    2. A movie theater.

    3. Films or movies considered as a group.

    4. The film or movie industry.

    1. Films or movies considered as a group.

    2. The film or movie industry.

  3. The art or technique of making films or movies; filmmaking.


[French cinéma, short for cinématographe; see cinematograph.]
cin'e·mat'ic (sĭn'ə-māt'ĭk) adj., cin'e·mat'i·cal·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

cinema 
1899, "a movie hall," from Fr. cinéma, shortened from cinématographe, coined 1890s by Lumiere brothers, who invented it, from Gk. kinema "movement," from kinein "to move" (see cite). Meaning "movies collectively, especially as an art form" first recorded 1918. Cinematography is from 1897; cinéma vérité is 1963, from Fr.; Cinerama, proprietary name, is from 1951.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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