cinemas

[sin-uh-muh]

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noun

Chiefly British. motion picture.

the cinema, motion pictures collectively, as an art.

Chiefly British. a motion-picture theater.

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Origin:
1895–1900; short for cinematograph

Related forms

cin·e·mat·ic

[sin-uh-mat-ik] , adjective

cin·e·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb

un·cin·e·mat·ic, adjective

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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.

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Cinéma vérité is 1963, from Fr.; Cinerama, proprietary name, is from 1951.

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"I have not carried out experiments to prove it, but may I suggest that people in the theater and the cinema do not sit in the same way? The theater requires attentiveness, and people must sit up alertly to see what is often a small area of concentration. Whereas in the cinema, the screen looms above us, and many people sink into reclining positions to watch. Some luxurious movie houses have seats that slide back to allow this posture. In the cinema we sometimes put our feet on the back of the row in front, loll across two seats, and damage the upholstery. Would this happen with a lively and commanding presence on the stage, or is it the result of a sort of loneliness in cinemas?"

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