Definition of: cinematograph

(sin′ə·mat′ə·graf, -gräf) noun
A camera for producing motion pictures, so constructed that a large number of separate exposures or frames are made in very rapid succession: also called kinetograph.
—v.t. & v.i. To take photographs of (something) with a motion-picture camera: also cin·e·ma·tize (sin′ə·mə·tīz′). [<Gk. kinēma, -atos movement. + -GRAPH]