motion pictures
- Term Type
Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Preferred Term
motion pictures
- Details
Works presented in the form of a series of pictures carried on photographic film or video tape, presented to the eye in such rapid succession as to give the illusion of natural movement. For the study and practice of filmmaking and motion pictures as an art and form of expression, use "film (performing arts)."
- Variations
motion pictures (information artifacts)
moving pictures
moving-pictures
pictures, motion
pictures, moving
motion picture
films
movies