motion-picture camera


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Noun1.motion-picture camera - a camera that takes a sequence of photographs that can give the illusion of motion when viewed in rapid successionmotion-picture camera - a camera that takes a sequence of photographs that can give the illusion of motion when viewed in rapid succession
cine-camera, movie camera
camera, photographic camera - equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other)
sound camera - a movie camera that records sounds in synchrony with the visual images
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