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IMAX

British  
/ ˈaɪmæks /

noun

  1. a process of film projection using a giant screen on which an image approximately ten times larger than standard is projected

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Etymology

Origin of IMAX

C20: from image + maximum

Example Sentences

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He drove five hours to catch the movie opening day in Denver in IMAX.

From The Wall Street Journal

Director Baz Luhrmann claims he made this Imax documentary so that any poor souls who never got to see the King live can worship him in action.

From Los Angeles Times

Lindo and I wouldn’t be at this table talking and rapping and toasting the first Oscar nomination of his long career if one particular cut of “Sinners,” the version Coogler showed him at the Imax headquarters in Playa Vista more than a year ago, had gone out into the world.

From Los Angeles Times

In Ryan Coogler’s Imax spectacle, where the blues collides with vampires, the monstrous transformation commences with Pearline’s siren call: “Pale, Pale Moon.”

From Los Angeles Times

Imax 70mm tickets for Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of ‘The Odyssey’ are now on sale, a year before the film’s release.

From Los Angeles Times