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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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Lu·mière   (lŏŏ-myěr', lü-)   
French chemist, inventor, and cinematography pioneer. With his brother Louis Jean Lumière (1864-1948) he gave the first public showing of a cinematic film (1895).
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