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IMAX

British

/ ˈaɪmæks /

noun

a process of film projection using a giant screen on which an image approximately ten times larger than standard is projected

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Etymology

Origin of IMAX

C20: from _image + _maximum

Example Sentences

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Hickey points to a more unique potential interested buyer of IMAX: Sphere Entertainment, the live entertainment company that owns the massive Sphere venue in Las Vegas.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Premium screens have become another point of tension between theaters, which want to promote their own brands to compete with market leader IMAX, and studios that want to market them together.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

It also had a one-week stint in IMAX, making it the highest-grossing week ever for a documentary in IMAX.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

IMAX, he said, has gone out of its way to work with the streamer.

From Barron's • Dec. 5, 2025

“Chestnut Street? Is that where they put that new IMAX? I thought that was farther downtown. Huh.”

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King

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