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Noun: cinema  si-nu-mu [N. Amer], 'si-nu`maa or si-nu-mu [Brit]
  1. A medium that disseminates moving pictures
    "this story would be good cinema"
    - film, celluloid
     
  2. A theatre where films are shown
    - movie theater [US], movie theatre [N. Amer], movie house [N. Amer], picture palace [US], pictures [Brit], flicks [Brit], picture house [Brit]

Derived forms: cinemas

See also: cinematic

Type of: house, medium, theater [US], theatre

Encyclopedia: Cinema Cinema, Early Development of

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