motion picture

motion picture
n
movie, moving picture, picture show, film, cine, Inf. flick, show, Chiefly Brit. cinema; motion pictures, silver screen, movies, pictures, Inf. pix, films; screenplay, photoplay; silent movie, talking picture, Sl talkie; G-rated film, Disney movie; adult film, X-rated movie, blue movie, Sl porno or porno film, Sl skin flick, Sl nudie; rerun, Inf. oldie or golden oldie; feature or feature film, short, short subject, documentary, travelogue; cartoon, animated cartoon; filmstrip, videotape, slide show.

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  • motion picture — motion picture, adj. 1. a sequence of consecutive pictures of objects photographed in motion by a specially designed camera (motion picture camera) and thrown on a screen by a projector (motion picture projector) in such rapid succession as to… …   Universalium

  • Motion picture — Mo tion pic ture 1. A series of pictures on a strip of film, taken at regular intervals in rapid succession (now usually 24 frames per second for ordinary work) by a special camera, intended to capture the image of objects in motion. [PJC] 2. the …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • motion picture — motion pictures N COUNT A motion picture is a film made for cinema. [mainly AM] It was there that I saw my first motion picture. ...the motion picture industry. Syn: movie …   English dictionary

  • motion picture — [n] movie cine, cinema, cinematics, cinematograph, feature film, film, flick*, moving picture, picture show, silver screen*, talkie*, talking picture, videotape; concepts 263,293 …   New thesaurus

  • motion picture — n especially AmE formal a film made for the cinema = ↑movie ▪ the motion picture industry …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • motion picture — motion ,picture noun count a movie made to be shown in theaters …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • motion picture — ► NOUN chiefly N. Amer. ▪ a cinema film …   English terms dictionary

  • motion picture — n. FILM (n. 5) …   English World dictionary

  • motion picture — noun a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement (Freq. 9) they went to a movie every Saturday night the film was shot on location • Syn: ↑movie, ↑film, ↑picture,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Motion+picture — Die Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) ist eine US amerikanische Organisation mit Sitz in Encino, Kalifornien, die Filme bewertet und anschließend entscheidet, für welche Ziel und Altersgruppe sich der jeweilige Film eignet. In den… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • motion picture — noun a) A sequence of images depicting people or objects in motion, preserved on a recording medium and capable of being projected for viewing. Some technical knowledge of cameras and lighting is needed to create a motion picture. b) The… …   Wiktionary

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