[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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
      picture1, 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
      picture1; the actions or events represented in a
      motion picture1; 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
see also:
motion picture movie projector motion picture 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
movie film picture moving picture moving-picture show motion-picture show 
picture show pic flick 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

65 moby thesaurus words for "motion picture":
   3-d, cinemascope, cinerama, technicolor, western, animated cartoon,
   black-and-white film, boom shot, cartoon, chiller, cine, cinema,
   close-up, color film, creepie, deuce shot, documentary,
   documentary film, educational film, feature, film, flick, flicker,
   follow-focus shot, full shot, group shot, horror picture,
   horse opera, kinescope, long shot, matte shot, medium shot,
   motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, newsreel, nudie,
   pan shot, panoramic shot, photodrama, photoplay, picture,
   picture show, pornographic film, preview, process shot, rap shot,
   retake, short, shot, show, silent, silent film, skin flick,
   sneak preview, spaghetti western, take, talkie, talking picture,
   thriller, trailer, travel shot, trucking shot, underground film,
   zoom shot

Motion Picture >> M Words
Motion Picture, definition of term: Motion Picture
motion+picture_pag1.html

Picture >> P Words
Picture, definition of term: Picture
picture_pag1.html

Motion >> M Words
Motion, definition of term: Motion
motion_pag1.html

Picture Writing >> P Words
Picture Writing, definition of term: Picture Writing
picture+writing_pag1.html

Picture Tube >> P Words
Picture Tube, definition of term: Picture Tube
picture+tube_pag1.html

Picture Book >> P Words
Picture Book, definition of term: Picture Book
picture+book_pag1.html

Motion Sickness >> M Words
Motion Sickness, definition of term: Motion Sickness
motion+sickness_pag1.html

Brownian Motion >> B Words
Brownian Motion, definition of term: Brownian Motion
brownian+motion_pag1.html

Law Of Motion >> L Words
Law Of Motion, definition of term: Law Of Motion
law+of+motion_pag1.html

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