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cinematography

[sin-uh-muh-tog-ruh-fee] Origin

cin·e·ma·tog·ra·phy

[sin-uh-muh-tog-ruh-fee]
noun
the art or technique of motion-picture photography.

Origin:
1895–1900; see cinematograph, -graphy
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Cinematography has a plethora of syllables.
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the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
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cinematography (ˌsɪnɪməˈtɒɡrəfɪ)
 
n
the art or science of film (motion-picture) photography
 
cinematographer
 
n
 
cinematographic
 
adj
 
cinemato'graphically
 
adv

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Word Origin & History

cinematography
1897, from cinematograph (1896), from Fr. cínématographe, from Gk. kinemat-, comb. form of kinema "movement" + graphein "to write."
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