Webster's English Dictionary

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cinema

cin.e.ma \'sin-*-m*\ \.sin-*-'mat-ik\ \-i-k(*-)le-\ n [short for 
   cinematograph] chiefly Brit  1a: MOTION PICTURE  1b: a motion-picture 
   theater  2a: MOVIES; esp : the motion-picture industry  2b: the art or 
   technique of making motion pictures  - cin.e.mat.ic aj