cinematograph

[sin-uh-mat-uh-graf, -grahf]

cin·e·mat·o·graph

[sin-uh-mat-uh-graf, -grahf] Chiefly British
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.

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Cinematograph has a plethora of syllables.
So is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)


Origin:
1895–1900; < French cinématographe, equivalent to cinémat- (< Greek kīnēmat-, stem of kī́nēma motion) + -o- -o- + -graphe -graph

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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cinematograph (ˌsɪnɪˈmætəˌɡrɑːf, -ˌɡræf)
 
n
1.  a combined camera, printer, and projector
 
vb
2.  to take pictures (of) with a film camera
 
[C19 (earlier spelling kinematograph): from Greek kinēmat-, kinēma motion + -graph]

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