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

He’s a man with a movie camera, pointing it at whatever or whoever is around him—which for many years included Adrian—and finding wellsprings of humor, truth, surprise.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 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

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 • Nov. 14, 2023

I stayed in my room until I saw Jerome leave the house, carrying his movie camera.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides