Origin: Latin suffix -ure
Motion picture has 3 different meanings across 2 categories:
a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
"they went to a movie every Saturday night"
"the film was shot on location"
A sequence of images depicting people or objects in motion, preserved on a recording medium and capable of being projected for viewing.
a sequence of images that cause the illusion of motion