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English > 1 sense of the expression movie camera:
NOUNartifactmovie camera, motion-picture camera, cine-cameraa camera that takes a sequence of photographs that can give the illusion of motion when viewed in rapid succession
English > movie camera: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningA camera that takes a sequence of photographs that can give the illusion of motion when viewed in rapid succession.
Synonymsmotion-picture camera, cine-camera
Narrowersound cameraA movie camera that records sounds in synchrony with the visual images
Broadercamera, photographic cameraequipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other)