movie camera

British  

noun

1. Also called: cine camera.  a camera in which a strip of film moves past the lens, usually to give 16 or 24 exposures per second, thus enabling moving pictures to be taken

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movie camera

She was a bag of doorknobs, but the movie camera found the gazelle inside the unicorn and captured the joy she radiated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

"These new molecules have provided, for the first time, the ability to see single cells independently activated, almost as if you're using a very special, sensitive movie camera to record brain activity while it's happening."

From Science Daily ● Dec. 19, 2025

Everyone's got a movie camera in their pocket.

From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2023

Before they embarked on their trip, Bowie bought a 16mm movie camera in Japan and MacCormack, who later made a living as a songwriter and producer in advertising for 20 years, bought a Nikkormat camera.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2023

Dr. Burton agreed to do the job in front of a movie camera.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey