kinematograph

/ (ˌkɪnɪˈmætəˌɡrɑːf, ˌkaɪnɪ-, -ˌɡræf) /


noun
  1. a variant of cinematograph

Derived forms of kinematograph

  • kinematographer (ˌkɪnəməˈtɒɡrəfə), noun
  • kinematographic (ˌkɪnɪˌmætəˈɡræfɪk, ˌkaɪnɪ-), adjective
  • kinematography, noun

Words Nearby kinematograph

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How to use kinematograph in a sentence

  • The phonographs of the story-tellers, the kinematograph entertainments, the news machines—none of them are to be found there.

    Tales of Space and Time | Herbert George Wells
  • The object of this book is to show the educational possibilities of the kinematograph, as applied to almost any subject.

  • It's a put-up thing: the taking of a kinematograph film, a living picture, for the Alhambra to-night!

    Cleek, the Master Detective | Thomas W. Hanshew
  • Why, it was only a faked-up thing, the taking of a kinematograph picture for the Alhambra.

    Cleek, the Master Detective | Thomas W. Hanshew
  • March murmured in his wife's ear, with a bewildered sense of something in the scene like the reversed action of the kinematograph.

    The March Family Trilogy, Complete | William Dean Howells