† cinematicadj.1
Occasional form of kinematic adj. Obsolete.
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1883 Athenæum 3 Mar. 281/3 Kinematics, or, as it used to be called, cinematics, the name having..been translated from the French cinématique, is the geometry of motion.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
cinematicadj.2n.
/ˌsɪnᵻˈmatɪk/, U.S. /ˌsɪnəˈmædɪk/ A. adj.2
1. Of, relating to, or suitable for films or movies; of or relating to filmmaking or cinematography.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > [adjective] > films or the cinema
animated1888
cinematic1912
filmic1915
big screen1916
celluloid1916
1912 Landmark (Statesville, N. Carolina) 11 June 8/1 This beautiful young cinematic star valiantly conquered her own feelings and went through the work.
1927 Daily Express 10 Oct. 13/3 A masterpiece of cinematic treatment.
1934 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 38 258 (heading) Cinematic studies of the compass of an aeroplane.
1958 Spectator 13 June 770/3 Strongly flavoured ways of life are the most cinematic material.
2011 Buffalo (N.Y.) News (Nexis) 20 Sept. It's an audience-friendly film that doesn't have tremendous cinematic ambition.
2. Characteristic, suggestive, or reminiscent of cinema or cinematography; esp. characterized by heightened drama or grandness of presentation.
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1913 W. D. Howells Familiar Spanish Trav. iv. 55 The wheat stubble now disappeared with cinematic suddenness.
1951 ‘J. Wyndham’ Day of Triffids xiv. 242 I had pictured her in, I must admit, a rather cinematic way, as battling bravely against all the forces of nature.
1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 26 Dec. 754/2 Some chapters are factual and suitable, but others are couched in the most highly coloured cinematic prose.
2009 Mojo Sept. 28/3 The Prince–assembled band's sole 1985 LP was a Paisley Park classic, mixing stripped funk with cinematic orchestration.
B. n.
In a video game: a non-interactive scene included for dramatic effect or to advance the game's narrative, typically consisting of a filmed or animated sequence or scripted in-game footage.
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1995 Best Video Game Music Theme/Song in rec.games.video.sega (Usenet newsgroup) 20 Nov. The music is just unbelievable, especially the Mystic Cave stage and the music during the cinematic after you win.
2006 Maximum PC Jan. 86/1 The story..features in-game cinematics before and after missions.
2011 H. Maxwell Chandler & R. Chandler Fund. Game Devel. viii. 150 Before creating a cinematic, it's important to outline the goals. Why is the player watching?
Derivatives
cineˈmatically adv. with regard to, or in terms of, filmmaking or cinematography; in a cinematic manner.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > [adverb]
kinematographically1897
cinematographically1898
cinematically1917
filmically1922
1917 Photoplay Feb. 36 It was Kalen that discovered Jacksonville, cinematically speaking,..through the dead reckoning made possible by the statistics of the U.S. Weather Bureau.
1934 Punch 16 May 553/1 There is nothing new in using such a technique for the stage, but I have never before seen it applied so completely cinematically.
1990 C. Paglia Sexual Personae xvi. 426 The poem cinematically opens the boudoir's languid, upholstered intimacy into a vast wasteland, the moral geography of lesbianism.
2016 Church Times 23 Dec. 39/4 It is also interesting, cinematically, that the films play with time through the use of flash-forwards.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.11883
adj.2n.1912