CinemaScope

American  

[sin-uh-muh-skohp] / ˈsɪn ə məˌskoʊp /

Movies, Trademark.

1. a wide-screen process using anamorphic lenses in photographing and projecting the film.

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CinemaScope British  

/ ˈsɪnɪməˌskəʊp /

noun

1. an anamorphic process of wide-screen film projection in which an image of approximately twice the usual width is squeezed into a 35mm frame and then screened by a projector having complementary lenses

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Other Word Forms

• CinemaScopic
  adjective

Example Sentences

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CinemaScope

Originally shot in the CinemaScope format, the movie has now been digitally restored to a resolution of 4K.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

Percival notes that since anamorphic lenses yield a wider, more cinematic aspect ratio than standard television fare, “If you were to take our dailies, they would be in Scope” — CinemaScope, the super-widescreen format.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2023

“Ride Lonesome,” with the sweeping, wide-screen vistas of CinemaScope, has the feel of a culmination.

From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2020

Wednesday, the storied lot - the birthplace of CinemaScope, “The Sound of Music” and “Titanic” - will no longer house one of the six major studios.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 19, 2019

And so, behind the Refreshments Counter, in the Abhilash Talkies Princess Circle lobby, in the hall with Kerala’s first 70mm CinemaScope screen, Esthappen Yako finished his free bottle of fizzed, lemon-flavored fear.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy