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cin·e·ma       [sin-uh-muh] Pronunciation Key
–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]

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cin·e·mat·ic       [sin-uh-mat-ik] Pronunciation Key, adjective
cin·e·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb
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cin·e·ma       (sĭn'ə-mə)  Pronunciation Key 
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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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.

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cinema

noun
1. a medium that disseminates moving pictures; "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good cinema"; "film coverage of sporting events" [syn: film] 
2. a theater where films are shown 

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