MOTION-PICTURE CAMERA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does motion-picture camera mean? 

• MOTION-PICTURE CAMERA (noun)
  The noun MOTION-PICTURE 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: MOTION-PICTURE CAMERA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOTION-PICTURE CAMERA (noun)

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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 ("motion-picture 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 "motion-picture camera"):

sound camera (a movie camera that records sounds in synchrony with the visual images)