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motion picture
–noun
| 1. | a sequence of consecutive pictures of objects photographed in motion by a specially designed camera (motion-picture camera) and thrown on a screen by a projector (motion-picture projector) in such rapid succession as to give the illusion of natural movement. |
| 2. | a play, event, or the like, presented in this form. |
| 3. | motion pictures, the art, technique, or business of producing motion pictures. |
] | Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. |
motion picture
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| motion picture
n.
mo'tion-pic'ture (mō'shən-pĭk'chər) adj. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
| motion picture | |
noun | |
| a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
motion picture
a cinema film
See also: motionless, in motion, motion, "motion picture" in any language
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Motion picture
Mo"tion pic"ture\ A moving picture.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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