D defs.my
Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Motion picture

· Mo·tion pic·ture · IPA /ˈməʊʃən ˈpɪktʃə(ɹ)/
01 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…
  1. 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.
  2. 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. See: motion picture, movie projector
  3. 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. See: motion picture, motion picture