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kinematograph

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/ ˌkaɪnɪ-, ˌkɪnɪˈmætəˌɡrɑːf, ˌkaɪnɪ-, -ˌɡræf, ˌkɪnɪˌmætəˈɡræfɪk, ˌkɪnəməˈtɒɡrəfə /

noun

  1. a variant of cinematograph

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Other Word Forms

  • kinematographer noun
  • kinematographic adjective
  • kinematography noun

Example Sentences

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The German Navy League, an aggressive body which had gathered around it more than a million members previous to the war, stirred up anti-British feeling by means of leaflets, newspaper articles, kinematograph exhibitions, and sermons.

From The Land of Deepening Shadow Germany-at-War by Curtin, D. Thomas

Why, it was only a faked-up thing, the taking of a kinematograph picture for the Alhambra.

From Cleek, the Master Detective by Hanshew, Thomas W.

My kinematograph was out of order, but fortunately I succeeded in replacing it with a secondhand Pathé.

From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Lumholtz, Carl

An American kinematograph operator, Mr. Edwards, of Mr. Hearst's papers, was desirous of taking a film of these women navvies—heavy, sad creatures they are.

From The Land of Deepening Shadow Germany-at-War by Curtin, D. Thomas

Next door to that there is a kinematograph wagon, with benches to seat about one hundred and fifty persons.

From The Crisis in Russia by Ransome, Arthur