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单词 cinematograph
释义

cinematograph

noun

cin·​e·​mat·​o·​graph ˌsi-nə-ˈma-tə-ˌgraf How to pronounce cinematograph (audio)
chiefly British
: a motion-picture camera, projector, theater, or show

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The hucksters who made a living projecting the cinematograph on a sheet in 1905, in Rivington Street, went west and became known as Mayer, Goldwyn, Laemmle, Warner, and Fox. David Mamet, National Review, 3 Mar. 2022 Institut Lumière Film lovers won’t want to miss out on Institut Lumière, a museum that pays homage to brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière, the inventors of the cinematograph. Christina Liao, Vogue, 21 Aug. 2017

Word History

Etymology

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

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

cinematograph

noun

cin·​e·​mat·​o·​graph ˌsin-ə-ˈmat-ə-ˌgraf How to pronounce cinematograph (audio)
: a visual record obtained by cinematography
cinematographs of the spontaneously fibrillating auricle Journal of the American Medical Association
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