Lumière

Lu·mière

[ly-myer]
noun
Au·guste Ma·rie Louis Ni·co·las [oh-gyst ma-ree lwee nee-kaw-lah] , 1862–1954, and his brother, Louis Jean [lwee zhahn] 1864–1948, French chemists and manufacturers of photographic materials: inventors of a motion-picture camera (1895) and a process of color photography.
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Lumière (French lymjɛr) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas (oɡyst mari lwi nikɔlɑ). 1862--1954, and his brother, Louis Jean (lwi ʒɑ̃), 1864--1948, French chemists and cinema pioneers, who invented a cinematograph and a process of colour photography

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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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