kinematograph

/ (ˌkɪnɪˈmætəˌɡrɑːf, ˌkaɪnɪ-, -ˌɡræf) /

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Derived forms of kinematograph

kinematographer (ˌkɪnəməˈtɒɡrəfə), nounkinematographic (ˌkɪnɪˌmætəˈɡræfɪk, ˌkaɪnɪ-), adjectivekinematography, noun

Words nearby kinematograph

kindy, kine, kinematic pair, kinematics, kinematic viscosity, kinematograph, kinescope, Kineshma, -kinesia, kinesics, kinesiology

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How to use kinematograph in a sentence

The phonographs of the story-tellers, the kinematograph entertainments, the news machines—none of them are to be found there.
Tales of Space and Time|Herbert George Wells
The object of this book is to show the educational possibilities of the Kinematograph, as applied to almost any subject.
The Nurserymatograph|A Lawyer
It's a put-up thing: the taking of a kinematograph film, a living picture, for the Alhambra to-night!
Cleek, the Master Detective|Thomas W. Hanshew
Why, it was only a faked-up thing, the taking of a kinematograph picture for the Alhambra.
Cleek, the Master Detective|Thomas W. Hanshew

March murmured in his wife's ear, with a bewildered sense of something in the scene like the reversed action of the kinematograph.
The March Family Trilogy, Complete|William Dean Howells