cinematograph
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əˈmæt 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; < French cinématographe, equivalent to cinémat- (< Greek kīnēmat-, stem of kī́nēma motion) + -o- -o- + -graphe -graph
1895–1900; < French cinématographe, equivalent to cinémat- (< Greek kīnēmat-, stem of kī́nēma motion) + -o- -o- + -graphe -graph
Related forms
cin·e·mat·o·graph·i·cal·ly, adverb
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| —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 + | |
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Example sentences
They made a sort of shuddering veil, almost recalling the dizziness of a cinematograph.
The cinematograph shows a series of animated pictures, much the same as seen at one of the parks last sun mer.
Cats have repeatedly been drawn into cinematograph representations with success, however.
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