cinematograph
Americannoun
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an early movie camera or projector, often a single mechanical device to record and project film.
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Older Use. a movie theater.
verb (used with or without object)
noun
verb
Other Word Forms
- cinematographic adjective
- cinematographically adverb
Etymology
Origin of cinematograph
First recorded in 1895–1900; from French cinématographe, equivalent to cinémat- (from Greek kīnēmat-, stem of kī́nēma “motion”) + -o- connecting vowel + -graphe noun suffix; -o-, -graph
Example Sentences
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Not long after his death, a shoemaker’s son named Georges Méliès purchased the Theatre Robert-Houdin and upon seeing a demonstration of the newly invented cinematograph by the Lumière brothers, acquired his own projector.
From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2023
The lovers talk and walk and, at one point, watch a film on a cinematograph.
From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2014
Probably almost as soon as the "cinematograph" camera was invented.
From The Guardian • Apr. 4, 2011
The influx of well-to-do foreigners to California in the past two years or so has resulted in the biggest real estate boom in Los Angeles since the invention of the cinematograph.
From Time Magazine Archive
The party would feature presentations on the latest scientific developments, including a newfangled invention called the cinematograph.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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