1. cinematograph - Noun
2. cinematograph - Verb
cinematograph (plural cinematographs)
(historical) A camera that could develop its own film and served as its own projector.
cinematograph (third-person singular simple present cinematographs, present participle cinematographing, simple past and past participle cinematographed)
(rare) To employ the techniques of cinematography.
When the cinematograph first made its appearance, we were told that the days of the ordinary theatre were numbered. Ivor Novello
The souls you have got cast upon the screen of publicity appear like the horrid and writhing creatures enlarged from the insect world, and revealed to us by the cinematograph. James Larkin
In its earliest days, the cinematograph was perceived as an attraction for upper class audiences, but the novelty of moving pictures did not last long. Source: Internet
This doomed the cinematograph, which could only use film with just one sprocket hole. Source: Internet