cinematograph noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •(historical) A camera that could develop its own film and served as its own projector.Flashes from the other groups of monitors and the heavy siege guns keep the whole sky lit up, flicking their flashes on the cloud-ridden celestial screen like a badly worked cinematograph. — 1919 verb1 •(rare) To employ the techniques of cinematography. formscinematographed · cinematographing · cinematographs