n. 1. 1 a genus of Indo-Malayan climbing herbs having thick fleshy oblong leaves and naked unisexual flowers: Chinese evergreen.
Syn. -- genus Aglaonema. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. the art of creating motion pictures; as, this story would be good cinema; -- often used in the phrase the cinema.
Syn. -- the film. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. a theater where motion pictures are shown.
Syn. -- movie theater, movie theatre, movie house, picture palace. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. same as motion picture. [ Chiefly Brit. ] [ PJC ]

{ , a. 1. See Kinematic. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the cinema; as, cinematic entertainment. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. sing. See Kinematics. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, motion + -graph. ] 1. an older name for a movie projector, a machine, combining magic lantern and kinetoscope features, for projecting on a screen a series of pictures, moved rapidly (25 to 50 frames per second) and intermittently before an objective lens, and producing by persistence of vision the illusion of continuous motion; a moving-picture projector; also, any of several other machines or devices producing moving pictorial effects. Other older names for the movie projector are animatograph, biograph, bioscope, electrograph, electroscope, kinematograph, kinetoscope, veriscope, vitagraph, vitascope, zoogyroscope, zoopraxiscope, etc.

The cinematograph, invented by Edison in 1894, is the result of the introduction of the flexible film into photography in place of glass. Encyc. Brit. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A camera for taking chronophotographs for exhibition by the instrument described above. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. One who takes motion pictures with a movie camera, especially one expert in the art. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. one who exhibits motion pictures; an operator of a motion picture projector; a projectionist. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

-- Cin`e*mat`o*graph"ic a. -- Cin`e*mat`o*graph"ic*al*ly adv. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a thing called out, fr. &unr_; to cry out; 'ek out + &unr_; voice. ] (Rhet.) A breaking out with some interjectional particle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. L. Enemata [ L. enema, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to send in; &unr_; in + &unr_; to send. ] (Med.) An injection, or clyster, thrown into the rectum as a medicine, or to impart nourishment. Hoblyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Enginemen A man who manages, or waits on, an engine. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. 'epifw`nhma, fr. 'epifwnei^n to mention; 'epi` + fwnei^n to speak. ] (Rhet.) An exclamatory sentence, or striking reflection, which sums up or concludes a discourse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A genus with only one species, the golden cup.
Syn. -- genus Hunnemania. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. "y`alos glass + &unr_; a thread.] (Zool.) A genus of hexactinelline sponges, having a long stem composed of very long, slender, transparent, siliceous fibres twisted together like the strands of a color. The stem of the Japanese species (Hyalonema Sieboldii), called glass-rope, has long been in use as an ornament. See Glass-rope. [1913 Webster]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to kinematics. [ 1913 Webster ]

Kinematic curves, curves produced by machinery, or a combination of motions, as distinguished from mathematical curves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. (&unr_;), (&unr_;) motion, fr. kinei^n to move. ] (Physics) The science which treats of motions considered in themselves, or apart from their causes; the comparison and relation of motions. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Kinematics forms properly an introduction to mechanics, as involving the mathematical principles which are to be applied to its data of forces. Nichol. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Linemen 1. One who carries the line in surveying, etc.; the surveyor who marks positions with a range pole. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A man employed to examine the rails of a railroad to see if they are in good condition; also, a man employed to install or repair telegraph, telephone, television cable, or power lines. Also called linesman. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Football) A player whose position is in the first (forward) line, as opposed to a back; one who plays on the line of scrimmage. specifically: a center, guard, or tackle. [ PJC ]

4. A ladies' man who is especially adept at inventing effective introductory phrases (pick-up lines) to gain a woman's attention. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

5. the position of a player on a football team who is stationed on the line of scrimmage. [ wns=4 ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. nema thread, Gr. nh^ma, fr. ne`ein to spin. ] (Min.) Having the form of threads; fibrous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. nh^ma thread + -lite: cf. F. némalite. ] (Min.) A fibrous variety of brucite. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) Same as Nemathelminthes. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖, prop. n. pl. [ NL. See Nemato-, and Helminthes. ] (Zool.) An order of helminths, including the Nematoidea and Gordiacea; the roundworms. [ Written also Nematelminthea. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Nemathecia [ NL., fr. Gr. nh^ma a thread + &unr_; a box. ] (Bot.) A peculiar kind of fructification on certain red algae, consisting of an external mass of filaments at length separating into tetraspores. [ 1913 Webster ]

A combining form from Gr. nh^ma, nh`matos, a thread. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Nemato- + -blast. ] (Biol.) A spermatocyte or spermoblast. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Nematocalyces E. Nematocalyxes [ NL. See Nemato-, and Calyx. ] (Zool.) One of a peculiar kind of cups, or calicles, found upon hydroids of the family Plumularidae. They contain nematocysts. See Plumularia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. nh^ma, nh`matos, a thread + ke`ras horn. ] (Zool.) A suborder of dipterous insects, having long antennae, as the mosquito, gnat, and crane fly; -- called also Nemocera. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the property of killing nematodes; lethal to nematodes. [ Also spelled nematicidal. ] [ PJC ]

n. A substance that kills nematodes, especially one used in medicine or to kill plant pathogens. [ Also spelled nematicide. ] [ PJC ]

n. [ Nemato- + cyst. ] (Zool.) A lasso cell, or thread cell. See Lasso cell, under Lasso. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. pl. (Zool.) A phylum of worms, having a long, round, and generally smooth body; the roundworms. They are mostly parasites, in plants and animals, but some are free-living in soil or water. Also called Nematoidea. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. (Zool.) Same as Nematoid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any worm of the phylum Nematoda; a roundworm; -- they are unsegmented worms having a cylindrical elongated body. They may live freely in soil or water, or as parasites in plants or animals. [ PJC ]

n. [ Nemato- + root of Gr. &unr_; to be born. ] (Zool.) One of the dimorphic forms of the species of Dicyemata, which produced vermiform embryos; -- opposed to rhombogene. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Nematognathi. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See nemato-, and Gnathic. ] (Zool.) An order of fishes having barbels on the jaws. It includes the catfishes, or siluroids. See Siluroid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Nemato- + -oid. ] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Nematoda. -- n. One of the Nematoda. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. nh^ma, nh`matos, thread + -oid. ] (Zool.) A phylum of worms, having a long, round, and generally smooth body; the roundworms. Called also Nematodea, and more commonly Nematoda. Formerly, it was classed as a taxonomic order. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

☞ The trichina, stomach worm, and pinworm of man belong to this group. See also Vinegar eel, under Vinegar, and Gapeworm. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. (Zool.) Nematoid. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. nh^ma, nh`matos, a thread + fe`rein to bear. ] (Zool.) Same as Coelenterata. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Protonemata [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; first + &unr_;, &unr_;, a thread. ] (Bot.) The primary growth from the spore of a moss, usually consisting of branching confervoid filaments, on any part of which stem and leaf buds may be developed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Scenemen The man who manages the movable scenes in a theater. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Tinemen [ Probably akin to tine to shut or inclose. ] (O. Eng. Forest Law) An officer of the forest who had the care of vert and venison by night. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]