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CINEMATOGRAPH

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cin⋅e⋅mat⋅o⋅graph

  [sin-uh-mat-uh-graf, -grahf] Chiefly British
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–noun
1. a motion-picture projector.
2. a motion-picture camera.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
3. to photograph with a motion-picture camera.
Also, kinematograph.

Origin:
1895–1900; < F cinématographe, equiv. to cinémat- (< Gk kīnēmat-, s. of knēma motion) + -o- -o- + -graphe -graph

Related forms:
cin⋅e⋅mat⋅o⋅graph⋅ic  [sin-uh-mat-uh-graf-ik] , adjective
cin⋅e⋅mat⋅o⋅graph⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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Jeremy Osbern
Director of Photography FILM & HD Features, commercials, music video
www.jeremyosbern.com
cin·e·mat·o·graph   (sĭn'ə-māt'ə-grāf')   
n.   Chiefly British

  1. A movie camera or projector.

  2. A movie theater.


[French cinématographe : Greek kīnēma, kīnēmat-, motion (from kīnein, to move; see kei-2 in Indo-European roots) + -graphe, -graph.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: cin·e·mat·o·graph
Pronunciation: "sin-&-'mat-&-"graf
Function: noun
: a visual record obtained bycinematography <cinematographs of the spontaneously fibrillating auricle in human subjects —Journal of the American Medical Association>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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