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cinematograph

(also kinematograph)
Definition of cinematograph

noun

historical, chiefly British
  • an apparatus for showing motion-picture films.

Origin:

late 19th century: from French cinématographe, from Greek kinēma, kinēmat- 'movement', from kinein 'to move'

cinematograph in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of cinematograph in the US English dictionary