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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A form of cinematograph devised by Mortier and Chéri-Rousseau in which the film, instead of having the usual interrupted motion, moves continuously, and the screen, instead of being alternately light and dark, is illuminated in a permanent manner by the images.

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