From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmotion pictureˌmotion ˈpicture noun [countable] especially American English formal AMFa film made for the cinema SYN movie the motion picture industry
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motion picture• On a motion picture I have a team of anywhere from one hundred to two hundred people.• She became adept at filming with a motion picture camera as well as still camera.• a major motion picture from Tri-Star• The revolution began with the invention of motion picture film early in the twentieth century.• Creativity is required, then, for the banker as well as the motion picture director.• It is possible to teach every branch of human knowledge with the motion picture. 