cinema has definitions from the fields of film,performing arts
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[ noun ] (film) a medium (art or business) that disseminates moving pictures

Synonyms

film celluloid

Examples

: "theater pieces transferred to celluloid" "this story would be good cinema" "film coverage of sporting events"

Used in print

(Musical America, LXXXI:5...)

Also , it should be noted that the polytonal freedom of his melodies and harmonic modulations , the brilliant orchestrations , the adroitness for evading the heaviness of figured_bass , the skill in florid counterpoint were not lost in his mature output , even in the spectacular historical dramas of the stage and cinema , where a large , dramatic canvas of sound was required .

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[ noun ] (film,performing arts) a theater where films are shown

Related terms

theater fleapit bioscope

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