cinematograph

[ sin-uh-mat-uh-graf, -grahf ]

/ ˌsɪn əˈmæt əˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /

Chiefly British

noun

a motion-picture projector.

a motion-picture camera.

verb (used with or without object)

to photograph with a motion-picture camera.

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Also kinematograph.

Origin of cinematograph

1895–1900; < French cinématographe, equivalent to cinémat- (< Greek kīnēmat-, stem of kī́nēma motion) + -o- -o- + -graphe -graph

OTHER WORDS FROM cinematograph

cin·e·mat·o·graph·ic

[sin-uh-mat-uh-graf-ik] /ˌsɪn əˌmæt əˈgræf ɪk/, adjectivecin·e·mat·o·graph·i·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby cinematograph

cinemascope, cinematheque, cinematics, cinematize, cinematog., cinematograph, cinematographer, cinematography, cinemicrograph, cinemicrography, cineol

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Example sentences from the Web for cinematographic

So he called in Mr. Gilbreth and his cinematographic method.
Practical Cinematography and Its Applications|Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot
What the cinematographic portion supplies is a continuous animated record of the movement of the ram of the hammer.
Practical Cinematography and Its Applications|Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot
Kedzie's story was progressing with cinematographic speed and with transitions almost as abrupt as the typical five-reeler.
We Can't Have Everything|Rupert Hughes
It is these nights that I pretend to show you in this book, in a little series of cinematographic pictures.
Nights in London|Thomas Burke

The command, "Five rounds rapid at the stubble field 900 yards," produced a cinematographic picture in my field-glasses.
Wounded and a Prisoner of War|Malcolm V. (Malcolm Vivian) Hay

British Dictionary definitions for cinematographic

cinematograph

/ (ˌsɪnɪˈmætəˌɡrɑːf, -ˌɡræf) mainly British /

noun

a combined camera, printer, and projector

verb

to take pictures (of) with a film camera

Word Origin for cinematograph

C19 (earlier spelling kinematograph): from Greek kinēmat-, kinēma motion + -graph

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