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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

cinema

· IPA /ˈsɪn.ə.mə/
01 n. the art of creating motion pictures; as, this story would be good cinema; -- often used in the phrase the cinema.
  1. 1.
    the art of creating motion pictures; as, this story would be good cinema; -- often used in the phrase the cinema. Also: the cinema
  2. 2.
    a theater where motion pictures are shown.
  3. 3.
    same as motion picture.[Chiefly Brit.] See: motion picture
Syn. the film. — Syn. -- movie theater, movie theatre, movie house, picture palace.