cine projector
- noun
- /ˈsɪni prəˈdʒɛktər/
- Specialized
:
proyector de cine
- The teacher used a cine projector to show the documentary to the students.
Examples
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At the community center, they set up a cine projector for the outdoor movie night.
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For the film screening, we rented a cine projector to display the classic movie.
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A cine-projector could only project in a straight line, could it not?
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
74
3.0
A machine that uses light to show images on a screen
2
2.7
A machine that shows films on a screen for groups of people
1
3.4
A machine that shows moving pictures from a roll of film on a screen
1
5.6
A device that projects images or video onto a screen
1
9.9
A machine long ago used to record and show moving pictures
1
9.9
An early machine that shows moving pictures to people
An early machine that shows moving pictures on a screen
An early projector that shows moving pictures
An early machine that projects pictures to show movement
How Modern
74
3.0
- US
2
2.7
- Specialized
- Archaic
1
9.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'cine' (relating to cinema/cinematic) + 'projector' (a device that projects images) yields a projector for cinematic/film use. This construction follows a straightforward noun-modifier pattern and the root 'cine-' is a cross-linguistic cognate, so a learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
Cine projector is a name made from cine, short for 'cinema' the place for movies, and projector, a machine that throws pictures onto a screen. The idea of a machine throwing many pictures so they look like 'moving images' explains why the term means a device for showing films.