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motion picture

[ moh-shuhn pik-cher ]

noun

  1. Movies.
    1. a sequence of consecutive still images photographed in a series 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:

      Jean Cocteau produced some of the most innovative motion pictures of the postwar era.

    2. such a video sequence recorded and played in other media formats, as VHS or digital video:

      Critics have given mixed reviews to the new trend of feature-length motion pictures shot on smartphones.

  2. a story, event, or the like, presented in this form:

    The motion picture is adapted from the novel of the same name.

  3. motion pictures, the art, technique, or business of producing motion pictures:

    The Academy honors achievement in motion pictures every year at the Oscars.



motion picture

noun

  1. Also calledfilm
    1. a sequence of images of moving objects photographed by a camera and providing the optical illusion of continuous movement when projected onto a screen
    2. a form of entertainment, information, etc, composed of such a sequence of images and shown in a cinema, etc


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  • mo·tion-pic·ture adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of motion picture1

First recorded in 1890–95

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Example Sentences

The FBI’s 1954 assessment of Disney was that he was reliable, cooperative, and “extremely prominent in the motion picture industry,” and that year he became an approved FBI contact for the bureau’s “Special Agent in Charge” in Los Angeles.

The oldest examples of products appearing in films date all the way back to the invention of motion pictures, when the Lever Brothers’ Sunlight Soap appeared in the Lumiere films in Europe in 1896.

But, as covered in the OZY history podcast Flashback, Le Prince vanished on that train … and motion picture history left the station without him.

From Ozy

Ray-tracing has been the big story in PC gaming over the past year or so—before, the tech was typically only for the motion picture industry to render high-quality digital effects, but now it’s quickly becoming the standard in terms of video games.

I look at games as being in a similar positions as motion pictures were in the beginning of the 20th century.

From Time

This year McQueen picked up three Oscars (including best picture) for his third motion picture 12 Years A Slave.

One such message was communicated by a Tweet from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences screened it!

In addition, the Academy [of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences] has expanded their definition of what they define as a documentary.

This is your first big starring role in a major motion picture.

Hartson Brant, in the rear seat, had a motion-picture camera poised.

Suddenly a motion-picture camera man bobs up from somewhere.

I go to bed cursing the motion-picture industry, the makers of film, and those responsible for camera men.

All sorts and conditions of men armed with pads, pencils, motion-picture cameras, still cameras.

I can see one intrepid motion-picture camera man at the door as the crowd starts to swarm.

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