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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Cinematograph  \Cin`e*mat"o*graph\,  n.  [Gr.  ?,  ?,  motion  + 
  -graph.] 
  1.  A  machine,  combining  magic  lantern  and  kinetoscope 
  features,  for  projecting  on  a  screen  a  series  of  pictures, 
  moved  rapidly  (25  to  50  a  second)  and  intermittently 
  before  an  objective  lens,  and  producing  by  persistence  of 
  vision  the  illusion  of  continuous  motion;  a  moving-picture 
  machine;  also  any  of  several  other  machines  or  devices 
  producing  moving  pictorial  effects.  Other  common  names  for 
  the  cinematograph  are  {animatograph},  {biograph}, 
  {bioscope},  {electrograph},  {electroscope}, 
  {kinematograph},  {kinetoscope},  {veriscope},  {vitagraph}, 
  {vitascope},  {zo["o]gyroscope},  {zo["o]praxiscope},  etc 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Electrograph  \E*lec"tro*graph\,  n.  [Pref.  electro  +  -graph.] 
  1.  An  apparatus,  controlled  by  electric  devices,  used  to 
  trace  designs  for  etching. 
 
  2.  An  instrument  for  the  reproduction  at  a  distance  of 
  pictures,  maps,  etc.,  by  means  of  electricity. 
 
  3.  An  image  made  by  the  R["o]ntgen  rays;  a  sciagraph. 
 
  4.  A  cinematograph  using  the  arc  light. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Electrograph  \E*lec"tro*graph\,  n.  [Electro-  +  -graph.] 
  A  mark,  record,  or  tracing,  made  by  the  action  of 
  electricity. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  electrograph 
  n  1:  for  the  electrical  transmission  of  pictures 
  2:  used  for  etching  by  electrolytic  means




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