Definition of Cinematograph. Meaning of Cinematograph. Synonyms of Cinematograph
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Definition of Cinematograph
Cinematograph Cinematograph Cin`e*mat"o*graph, n. [Gr. ?, ?, motion +
-graph.]
1. A machine, combining magic lantern and kinetoscope
features, for projecting on a screen a series of pictures,
moved rapidly (25 to 50 a second) and intermittently
before an objective lens, and producing by persistence of
vision the illusion of continuous motion; a moving-picture
machine; also, any of several other machines or devices
producing moving pictorial effects. Other common names for
the cinematograph are animatograph, biograph,
bioscope, electrograph, electroscope,
kinematograph, kinetoscope, veriscope, vitagraph,
vitascope, zo["o]gyroscope, zo["o]praxiscope, etc.
