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cinema

cin·e·ma [ sínnəmə ] (plural cin·e·mas)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. movies collectively: movies considered collectively ( formal )

2. U.K. movie industry: the movie industry, or the business of making movies

3. movie theater: a movie theater

[Early 20th century. < French cinéma, shortening of cinématographe, literally "movement writing" < Greek kinēma "movement"]
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