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MOVIE CAMERA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does movie camera mean?
• MOVIE CAMERA (noun)
The noun MOVIE CAMERA has 1 sense:
1. a camera that takes a sequence of photographs that can give the illusion of motion when viewed in rapid succession
Familiarity information: MOVIE CAMERA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A camera that takes a sequence of photographs that can give the illusion of motion when viewed in rapid succession
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
cine-camera; motion-picture camera; movie camera
Hypernyms ("movie camera" is a kind of...):
camera; photographic camera (equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "movie camera"):
sound camera (a movie camera that records sounds in synchrony with the visual images)
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