n. [ LL. cinefactio: L. cinis ashes + facere to make: cf. F. cinéfaction. ] incineration; reduction to ashes. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. photographic film several hundred feet long and wound on a spool, used in a movie camera.
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n. sing. See Kinematics. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, motion + -graph. ]
The cinematograph, invented by Edison in 1894, is the result of the introduction of the flexible film into photography in place of glass. Encyc. Brit. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
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n. [ Gr. &unr_; motion + -graph. ] An integrating anemometer. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
a. [ L. cineraceus, fr. cinis ashes. ] Like ashes; ash-colored; cinereous. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL., fr. LL. cinerarius pert. to ashes, fr. cinis ashes. So called from the ash-colored down on the leaves. ] (Bot.) A Linnæan genus of free-flowering composite plants, mostly from South Africa. Several species are cultivated for ornament. [ 1913 Webster ]