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cinematograph

noun
cin·​e·​mat·​o·​graph | \ ËŒsi-nÉ™-ˈma-tÉ™-ËŒgraf How to pronounce cinematograph (audio) \

Definition of cinematograph

chiefly British
: a motion-picture camera, projector, theater, or show

Examples of cinematograph in a Sentence

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First Known Use of cinematograph

1896, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for cinematograph

French cinématographe, from Greek kinēmat-, kinēma movement (from kinein to move) + French -o- + -graphe -graph — more at -kinesis

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cinematograph

noun
cin·​e·​mat·​o·​graph | \ ËŒsin-É™-ˈmat-É™-ËŒgraf How to pronounce cinematograph (audio) \

Medical Definition of cinematograph

: a visual record obtained by cinematography cinematographs of the spontaneously fibrillating auricle — Journal of the American Medical Association

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