Definition of Moving picture

1. Noun. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement. "The film was shot on location"


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Lexicographical Neighbors of Moving Picture

movie industry
movie maker
movie projector
movie star
movie theater
movie theatre
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moving-picture show
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moving company
moving expense
moving in
moving picture (current term)
moving ridge
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Literary usage of Moving picture

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"11 Outing moving picture plays Lois Weber Smalley; photoplay director. ... See Building moving moving picture acting Beauty magic of the screen. EL Sheldon. ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The moving-picture mechanism lends itself readily to an endless variety of trick pictures, through the facility with which a film may be cut and joined to ..."

3. The American Dramatist by Montrose Jonas Moses (1917)
"CHAPTER XIII THE PROGRESS OF THE MOVING-PICTURE SINCE 1910 THE moving-picture has proven itself to be such an agent of vast educational possibilities that ..."

4. Annual Report of the Commissioner of Labor by New York (State). Dept. of Labor (1915)
"License to operate moving picture apparatus.— It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to operate any moving picture apparatus and its connections ..."

5. A.A.S.A. Official Report, Including a Record of the Annual Convention by American Association of School Administrators (1912)
"The moving picture has developed a form of public entertainment that has within the ... This paper is part of a general study of the moving-picture show. ..."

6. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"ATKINSON, J. In April, 1916, HV Manning, proprietor of a moving picture show at Marietta, called "The Gem," sold the business to WA Sams under a written ..."

7. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"11 Outing moving picture plays Lois Weber Smalley; photoplay director. ... See Building moving moving picture acting Beauty magic of the screen. EL Sheldon. ..."

8. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The moving-picture mechanism lends itself readily to an endless variety of trick pictures, through the facility with which a film may be cut and joined to ..."

9. The American Dramatist by Montrose Jonas Moses (1917)
"CHAPTER XIII THE PROGRESS OF THE MOVING-PICTURE SINCE 1910 THE moving-picture has proven itself to be such an agent of vast educational possibilities that ..."

10. Annual Report of the Commissioner of Labor by New York (State). Dept. of Labor (1915)
"License to operate moving picture apparatus.— It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to operate any moving picture apparatus and its connections ..."

11. A.A.S.A. Official Report, Including a Record of the Annual Convention by American Association of School Administrators (1912)
"The moving picture has developed a form of public entertainment that has within the ... This paper is part of a general study of the moving-picture show. ..."

12. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"ATKINSON, J. In April, 1916, HV Manning, proprietor of a moving picture show at Marietta, called "The Gem," sold the business to WA Sams under a written ..."

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