Definitions for motion-picture

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Motion-Picture is a 14 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 1191 anagrams from letters in motion-picture (-ceiimnooprttu).

Definitions for motion-picture

noun

1. a sequence of consecutive pictures of objects photographed in motion by a specially designed camera (motion-picture camera) and thrown on a screen by a projector (motion-picture projector) in such rapid succession as to give the illusion of natural movement.
2. a play, event, or the like, presented in this form.
3. motion pictures, the art, technique, or business of producing motion pictures.

Origin of motion-picture

First recorded in 1890-95

Examples for motion-picture

One such message was communicated by a Tweet from the Academy of motion picture Arts and Sciences.

He made his motion picture debut as the pushy campaign worker in Taxi Driver.

After the speeches there will be a motion picture, and some vaudeville by a magician from Keith's.

The silence was like a motion picture with a dead sound track.

The motion picture and the phonograph were just coming into the public eye.

In the tropics all motion picture houses are open-air institutions.

This year McQueen picked up three Oscars (including best picture) for his third motion picture 12 Years A Slave.

Faster and faster the trees and banks flashed by, like the screen of a motion picture.

In addition, the Academy [of motion picture Arts And Sciences] has expanded their definition of what they define as a documentary.

The Academy of motion picture Arts and Sciences screened it!