motion picturen.

Brit.

/ˌməʊʃn ˈpɪktʃə/, U.S.

/ˌmoʊʃ(ə)n ˈpɪk(t)ʃər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: motion n., picture n.

Etymology: < motion n. + picture n. Compare moving picture n., and also cinematograph n., kinetograph n. and vb. at kineto- comb. form .

Chiefly North American.

1. A sequence of photographs taken at very short intervals and presented to the eye in very rapid succession (usually by projection on to a screen) to create an impression of continuous movement; a cinematographic film, a movie.In early use also in plural with each individual projected picture construed as singular (see quot. 1900); cf. also sense 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > [noun]

living picture1851

kineograph1891

motion picture1891

picture1894

animatograph1896

cinematograph1896

moving picture1896

kinetogram1897

film1899

bioscope1902

action film1909

cinema1909

movie1910

photodrama1910

photoplay1910

movie picture1913

pic1913

screenplay1913

photonovel1916

flick1926

moom pitcher1929

1891 Leisure Hour Aug. 711/1 A highly composite mechanism which is to be known as the ‘kinetograph’, or motion-picture.

1900 Catholic World Nov. 261 That evening, during a reproduction of the Passion Play in motion pictures, a magnificent tenor, interspersing the pictured scenes with arias appropriate to the theme, was received with enthusiasm.

1918 H. Croy (title) How motion pictures are made.

1929 M. R. Werner Bryan 264 Between 1916 and 1919 Bryan was engaged in negotiations for a motion picture on the curse of drink, of which he was to be the star.

1952 Manch. Guardian Weekly 5 June 7/2 The nine judges of the United States Supreme Court handed down a unanimous decision this week that exerts an historic restraint on the censorship of motion pictures.

1973 L. Snelling Heresy i. i. 8 This was a visual generation and the motion-picture its natural medium.

2001 Interzone Jan. 31/1 The first major motion picture to fasten on the obvious links between golf and nosferatism.

2. In plural. (a) The cinema as an industry, an art form, or a form of entertainment; the movies; (b) (usually with the) a showing of a film in a cinema, a picture show (rare). Cf. picture n. 4b.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > [noun] > films or the cinema

cinematograph1896

animation1897

cinema1908

movies1909

movie screen1912

pic1913

big screen1914

film1915

motion pictures1915

picture1915

screen1915

seventh art1921

celluloid1922

silver screen1924

flick1926

flickers1927

pix1932

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > film show > [noun]

cinematograph1896

kinematograph1898

picture show1908

cinema1909

motion pictures1915

1915 Film Fun Dec. 1 Screen-struck. Everybody wants to get into motion pictures. It is an epidemic of screen fever.

1922 S. Lewis Babbitt ix. 122 They ate chocolates, went to the motion-pictures, went window-shopping.

1949 Tele-tech May 31/3 The most obvious problem..is that of reconciling the 30 frames per second rate of American television with the 24 frame per second rate which is standard in motion pictures.

1989 B. Paris Louise Brooks i. viii. 182 Given her feisty personality, another silly comedy under another mediocre director might have finished Louise Brooks in motion pictures.

1992 Filmfax Feb.–Mar. 48/1 During the early 1940s, Atwill continued to vacillate between the legitimate theater and motion pictures.

Compounds

General attributive, as motion-picture film, motion-picture-star, motion-picture theatre, etc.

ΚΠ

1896 Boston Evening Transcript 7 Nov. 16/4 The cinematographe motion picture programme will be augmented daily.

1897 in D. Arundell Sadler's Wells (1978) xv. 176 The new Motion Picture Photograph Device Triumph.

1915 P. G. Wodehouse Something Fresh v. 117 The maiden in distress..was merely earning the salary paid her by some motion-picture firm.

1923 R. D. Paine Comrades Rolling Ocean vii. 112 There were a few stores, a church,..but not a solitary motion-picture theater.

1929 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 3 Dec. 24/1 Technicolor for motion-picture films.

1940 Chatelaine July 37/2 Pat and Rosemary have come a long way; they started their careers with Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians and ended up stars in one of the largest motion picture studios in the world.

1972 D. Shipman Great Movie Stars: Internat. Years p. v The coming of Sound to the motion-picture medium killed it as a means of almost effortless international communication.

1995 Daily News (Virgin Islands) 3 Feb. (Weekend section) 2/3 Muta Baruka, dub poet and motion picture star, will be the featured guest.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	motion picture
释义	motion picturen. Brit. /ˌməʊʃn ˈpɪktʃə/, U.S. /ˌmoʊʃ(ə)n ˈpɪk(t)ʃər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: motion n., picture n. Etymology: < motion n. + picture n. Compare moving picture n., and also cinematograph n., kinetograph n. and vb. at kineto- comb. form . Chiefly North American. 1. A sequence of photographs taken at very short intervals and presented to the eye in very rapid succession (usually by projection on to a screen) to create an impression of continuous movement; a cinematographic film, a movie.In early use also in plural with each individual projected picture construed as singular (see quot. 1900); cf. also sense 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > [noun] living picture1851 kineograph1891 motion picture1891 picture1894 animatograph1896 cinematograph1896 moving picture1896 kinetogram1897 film1899 bioscope1902 action film1909 cinema1909 movie1910 photodrama1910 photoplay1910 movie picture1913 pic1913 screenplay1913 photonovel1916 flick1926 moom pitcher1929 1891 Leisure Hour Aug. 711/1 A highly composite mechanism which is to be known as the ‘kinetograph’, or motion-picture. 1900 Catholic World Nov. 261 That evening, during a reproduction of the Passion Play in motion pictures, a magnificent tenor, interspersing the pictured scenes with arias appropriate to the theme, was received with enthusiasm. 1918 H. Croy (title) How motion pictures are made. 1929 M. R. Werner Bryan 264 Between 1916 and 1919 Bryan was engaged in negotiations for a motion picture on the curse of drink, of which he was to be the star. 1952 Manch. Guardian Weekly 5 June 7/2 The nine judges of the United States Supreme Court handed down a unanimous decision this week that exerts an historic restraint on the censorship of motion pictures. 1973 L. Snelling Heresy i. i. 8 This was a visual generation and the motion-picture its natural medium. 2001 Interzone Jan. 31/1 The first major motion picture to fasten on the obvious links between golf and nosferatism. 2. In plural. (a) The cinema as an industry, an art form, or a form of entertainment; the movies; (b) (usually with the) a showing of a film in a cinema, a picture show (rare). Cf. picture n. 4b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > [noun] > films or the cinema cinematograph1896 animation1897 cinema1908 movies1909 movie screen1912 pic1913 big screen1914 film1915 motion pictures1915 picture1915 screen1915 seventh art1921 celluloid1922 silver screen1924 flick1926 flickers1927 pix1932 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > film show > [noun] cinematograph1896 kinematograph1898 picture show1908 cinema1909 motion pictures1915 1915 Film Fun Dec. 1 Screen-struck. Everybody wants to get into motion pictures. It is an epidemic of screen fever. 1922 S. Lewis Babbitt ix. 122 They ate chocolates, went to the motion-pictures, went window-shopping. 1949 Tele-tech May 31/3 The most obvious problem..is that of reconciling the 30 frames per second rate of American television with the 24 frame per second rate which is standard in motion pictures. 1989 B. Paris Louise Brooks i. viii. 182 Given her feisty personality, another silly comedy under another mediocre director might have finished Louise Brooks in motion pictures. 1992 Filmfax Feb.–Mar. 48/1 During the early 1940s, Atwill continued to vacillate between the legitimate theater and motion pictures. Compounds General attributive, as motion-picture film, motion-picture-star, motion-picture theatre, etc. ΚΠ 1896 Boston Evening Transcript 7 Nov. 16/4 The cinematographe motion picture programme will be augmented daily. 1897 in D. Arundell Sadler's Wells (1978) xv. 176 The new Motion Picture Photograph Device Triumph. 1915 P. G. Wodehouse Something Fresh v. 117 The maiden in distress..was merely earning the salary paid her by some motion-picture firm. 1923 R. D. Paine Comrades Rolling Ocean vii. 112 There were a few stores, a church,..but not a solitary motion-picture theater. 1929 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 3 Dec. 24/1 Technicolor for motion-picture films. 1940 Chatelaine July 37/2 Pat and Rosemary have come a long way; they started their careers with Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians and ended up stars in one of the largest motion picture studios in the world. 1972 D. Shipman Great Movie Stars: Internat. Years p. v The coming of Sound to the motion-picture medium killed it as a means of almost effortless international communication. 1995 Daily News (Virgin Islands) 3 Feb. (Weekend section) 2/3 Muta Baruka, dub poet and motion picture star, will be the featured guest. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1891
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