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MOTION-PICTURE FILM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does motion-picture film mean?
• MOTION-PICTURE FILM (noun)
The noun MOTION-PICTURE FILM has 1 sense:
1. photographic film several hundred feet long and wound on a spool; to be used in a movie camera
Familiarity information: MOTION-PICTURE FILM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Photographic film several hundred feet long and wound on a spool; to be used in a movie camera
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
cine-film; motion-picture film; movie film
Hypernyms ("motion-picture film" is a kind of...):
film; photographic film (photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "motion-picture film"):
sound film (motion-picture film with sound effects and dialogue recorded on it)
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