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cinema

a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; a film is produced by recording images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects; a film is made of a series of individual images called frames; when these images are shown rapidly in succession, a viewer has the illusion that motion is occurring; a viewer cannot see the flickering between frames due to an effect known as persistence of vision.

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  • cinema, film, films "the film was shot on location", moving-picture show, moving-picture shows "they went to a movie every Saturday night", moving picture, moving pictures, movie, movies, motion picture, motion pictures, motion-picture show, motion-picture shows, picture show, picture shows, picture, pictures, pic, pics, flick, flicks, moving image


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