CINEMATIC


Meaning of CINEMATIC in English

|sinə|mad.ik, -atik, -ēk adjective

Etymology: cinemat ograph + -ic

1. : played, narrated, or otherwise presented for photographing with a motion-picture camera and projection on a screen or suited or adapted for such reproduction

a cinematic fantasy on a musical theme

his first cinematic appearance

the most cinematic Shakespeare yet brought to the screen — Arthur Knight

2.

a. : peculiar to the art and technique of making motion pictures

replacing period background with fast cinematic action

all his films therefore lacked a cinematic continuity — Lewis Jacobs

tension between the dramatic and cinematic principles cannot always be avoided — E.R.Bentley

b. : having essential technical and aesthetic qualities of motion-picture art (as episodic composition, sustained movement, pictorial brilliance, suspense, the spotlighting of dramatic moments)

3. : using methods or devices or obtaining effects suggestive of motion-picture technique

some stream of consciousness fiction is notably cinematic

gave stilted and generally cinematic performances in the leading roles — Wolcott Gibbs

4. : relating to the production or showing of motion pictures

has had a great deal of cinematic training and experience

the cinematic fortunes of a novel or stage play

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.