Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A movie.
- n. The movie industry.
Wiktionary
- n. A sequence of images depicting people or objects in motion, preserved on a recording medium and capable of being projected for viewing.
- n. A film.
GNU Webster's 1913
- 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.
- the display of the images captured on a motion picture{1}, presented to the eye in very rapid succession by projection from a special apparatus (a movie projector), with shows some or all of the objects in the picture represented in changing positions, producing, by persistence of vision, the optical effect of a continuous picture in which the objects appear to move as they did in the original scene.
- The conceptual or informational content of a motion picture{1}; the actions or events represented in a motion picture{1}; the story line of a movie.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
Examples
“Studio LLC is the author and creator of this motion picture for purposes of the Berne Convention and all national laws giving effect thereto, and for purposes of copyright law in the United Kingdom.”
“More far-reaching than the schoolhouse is the motion picture theater.”
“This article honors Dr. Raymond Fielding for his inspiring writings on motion picture technology and history, including the authoritative The Technique of Special Effects Cinematography.”
“When a project is in development and close to starting prep, I read the screenplay and share my thoughts with Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald, the coheads of the motion picture division.”
“These conditions made it clear to those who gave serious thought to the subject that the attitude of many of the people in the motion picture industry that they could present to the public all types of pictures, crime-inciting, immoral, indecent, sacrilegious without restraint would result in a decided lowering of the standards of our citizenship.”
“He then married Leota Longmore Blything and lived in Pasadena, where he set up a successful electrical shop that eventually serviced the nascent motion picture industry.”
“But there was still a part of me that wanted to be a motion picture actor, and in 1964 I made my last picture—The Killers.”
“Another great source of ideas or projects stems from a healthy exchange between the story department of the motion picture group see article by Romy Kaufman and our division.”
“Pictures Domestic Distribution, a Time Warner Entertainment Company (part of the Time Warner family), is responsible for theatrical motion picture distribution in the United States and Canada, as well as for nontheatrical markets (such as airlines, cruise ships, armed forces, universities, hospitals and oil rigs).”
“The 3D Computer Animation program is an advanced-level course that covers “high end” computer animation, video and motion picture animation production, the use of Softimage and Alias on Silicon Graphics workstations, and advanced skills in all facets of 3D computer animation including modeling, character animation, and special effects.”
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