telecine

English

Etymology

From tele- +‎ cine.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tel‧e‧cin‧e
• IPA^(key): /ˌtɛl.əˈsɪn.eɪ/
• enPR: tĕl'ə·sĭnʹā

Noun

telecine (countable and uncountable, plural telecines)

1. (film) The process of transferring motion picture film into electronic form.
2. A machine used to carry out this process.

Verb

telecine (third-person singular simple present telecines, present participle telecining or telecineing, simple past and past participle telecined)

1. To transfer (motion picture film) into electronic form.