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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Example Sentences

"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

By the early 1960s it was headed for extinction, eclipsed by more practical film formats—to say nothing of the versatile, reliable miracles that are today’s digital movie cameras.

From The Wall Street Journal

The now historic images of that horrific day were captured by snapshots and home movie camera footage taken by people in the crowd, including the 26-second 8mm film shot by Dallas clothier Abraham Zapruder.

From Los Angeles Times

Structuralists love the railroad: The development of the movie camera parallels that of the steam engine.

From New York Times

His brother, Michael, a mechanical engineer, constructed a special casing for a 35-millimeter movie camera so that it could withstand the water pressure at two-and-a-half miles below sea level.

From New York Times