Found 2 items, similar to motion picture.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: motion picture motion picture n : a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; “they went to a movie every Saturday night”; “the film was shot on location” [syn: movie, film, picture, moving picture , moving-picture show, motion-picture show, picture show , pic, flick]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Motion picture Motion picture \Mo“tion pic”ture\ 1. A series of pictures on a strip of film, taken at regular intervals in rapid succession (now usually 24 frames per second for ordinary work) by a special camera, intended to capture the image of objects in motion. [PJC] 2. the display of the images captured on a motion picture [1], presented to the eye in very rapid succession by projection from a special apparatus (a movie projector ), with shows some or all of the objects in the picture represented in changing positions, producing, by persistence of vision, the optical effect of a continuous picture in which the objects appear to move as they did in the original scene. Syn: movie, moving picture, flick. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] 3. The conceptual or informational content of a motion picture [1]; the actions or events represented in a motion picture[1]; the story line of a movie. ``One of the great punch lines in motion picture history is `Round up the usual suspects.' from `Casablanca'.'' [PJC]