From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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
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.
Syn: movie, moving picture, flick. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
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. "One of
the great punch lines in motion picture history is `Round
up the usual suspects.' from `Casablanca'." [PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
motion picture
n 1: a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and 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}, {motion-picture show}, {picture show}, {pic},
{flick}]
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