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   Cin·e·ma

   /ˈsinəmə/

   

   noun

   • 1. a theater where movies are shown for public entertainment; a movie theater: British "I was weaned on a diet of Hollywood fantasy at my local cinema" Similar movie theatermovie housetrademark:cineplexinformal:fleapitdated:picture palacepicture theaterbioscopehistorical:nickelodeonthe picturesthe moviesinformal:the flicks
   • ▪ the production of movies as an art or industry: British "the history of American cinema" Similar filmspicturesmoviesmotion picturesinformal:the big screenthe silver screen

   Word Origin early 20th century: from French cinéma, abbreviation of cinématographe (see cinematograph).

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   What does cinema mean?

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   What does Cine mean?

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   What is a movie theater?

   • A film theater. Movies collectively, especially when considered as an art form. Borrowing from French cinéma, shortening of cinématographe (term coined by the Lumière brothers in the 1890s), from Ancient Greek κίνημα (kinēma, “movement”) There are also several multi-screen cinema complexes within easy reach.

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   What is a cinema & why is it so important?

   • The cinema remains what it has been for the past century - a pre-timed showing of a film in a public location on a pay-as-you-go basis. Several of the conglomerates also purchased stakes in theater chains and helped rationalize movie exhibitions by developing multiscreen cinema complexes at shopping malls.

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   Cinema definition: A movie theater. Origin of Cinema Borrowing from French cinéma, shortening of cinématographe (term coined by the Lumière brothers in the 1890s), from Ancient Greek κίνημα (kinēma, “movement”)

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   CINEMA definition: 1. a building where you go to watch movies 2. the art or business of making movies: . Learn more.