kinematograph

[ kin-uh-mat-uh-graf, -grahf, kahy-nuh- ]

/ ˌkɪn əˈmæt əˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf, ˌkaɪ nə- /

noun

cinematograph.

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Words nearby kinematograph

kine, kinema, kinematic pair, kinematic viscosity, kinematics, kinematograph, kinesalgia, kinescope, kineshma, kinesi-, kinesia

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Example sentences from the Web for kinematograph

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
Next door to that there is a kinematograph wagon, with benches to seat about one hundred and fifty persons.
The Crisis in Russia|Arthur Ransome
We may regard it as proven that the Kinematograph has come to stay.
The Nurserymatograph|A Lawyer
The waves are recorded photographically, in some cases by the kinematograph.
Marvels of Scientific Invention|Thomas W. Corbin

I put the proposition to the kinematograph people and their interest carried it through.
Old Mole|Gilbert Cannan

British Dictionary definitions for kinematograph

kinematograph

/ (ˌkɪnɪˈmætəˌɡrɑːf, ˌkaɪnɪ-, -ˌɡræf) /

noun

a variant of cinematograph

Derived forms of kinematograph

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

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