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Motion-picture camera

noun

A camera that takes a sequence of photographs that can give the illusion of motion when viewed in rapid succession. Synonyms: cine-camera, movie camera.

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"Motion-picture camera" Quotes from Famous Books

... on one foot, in that attitude which cowboys call "hipshot." Art Osgood! She was sure of it! Her hands clenched in her lap. Art Osgood, at Nogales, Mexico. Serving on the staff of General Kosterlisky. Was the man mad, to stand there publicly before the merciless, revealing eye of a motion-picture camera? Or did his vanity blind him to the risk he ...

— Jean of the Lazy A • B. M. Bower

Words linked to "Motion-picture camera" : sound camera, photographic camera, camera, cine-camera