motion-picture camera
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- noun
- /ˈmoʊʃən ˈpɪkʧər ˈkæmərə/
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cámara de cine
- Edison is best known for inventing and innovating devices such as the lightbulb, phonograph, and motion picture camera—the successors of which we use every day.
Well, after that, basically up to that point, I had never even been in a room with a motion picture camera in the same room.
- Well, after that, basically up to that point, I had never even been in a room with a motion picture camera in the same room.
Examples
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In addition to the light bulb, Thomas Edison also invented the phonograph and the motion picture camera.
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Well, after that, basically up to that point, I had never even been in a room with a motion picture camera in the same room.
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Well, after that, basically up to that point, I had never even been in a room with a motion picture camera in the same room.
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This was all done with the motion picture camera, and that was only one eye.
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After Thomas Edison patented his motion picture camera in 1891, he claimed that film would revolutionize education by enabling a new modality of learning content, bringing recorded realities into the classroom.
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The director used a motion-picture camera to capture the thrilling chase scenes for the film.
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In film school, students learn how to operate a motion-picture camera effectively for their projects.
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The motion-picture camera allows filmmakers to record multiple frames per second, creating the illusion of movement.
Synonyms
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A machine that takes photos or records video
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A machine that records moving pictures and sound
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A camera that takes pictures and stores them so you can view them on a screen
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A camera for taking a series of pictures that show movement
A camera that makes movies on film
How Advanced
Surface Forms
Morphology
motion-picture + camera
The meaning is directly derivable from the constituents: 'motion-picture' (motion + picture, i.e. moving images) combined with 'camera' (a device that captures images) yields a camera for capturing motion pictures. This is a regular, literal noun–noun compounding common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the parts will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Motion-picture camera got its name from a simple idea: it is a camera that takes many still pictures very quickly so they look like motion. So the name means a camera used to make 'movies'.