Celluloid
['sɛljulɔɪd]
Definition
(noun.) highly flammable substance made from cellulose nitrate and camphor; used in e.g. motion-picture and X-ray film; its use has decreased with the development of nonflammable thermoplastics.
(adj.) artificial as if portrayed in a film; 'a novel with flat celluloid characters' .
Edited by Elena--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A substance composed essentially of gun cotton and camphor, and when pure resembling ivory in texture and color, but variously colored to imitate coral, tortoise shell, amber, malachite, etc. It is used in the manufacture of jewelry and many small articles, as combs, brushes, collars, and cuffs; -- originally called xylonite.
Typist: Sean
Examples
- Pyroxiline, xyloidine, and celluloid are allied products, which have found endless applications in toilet articles and for other uses, as a substitute for hard rubber. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Write them a very strong _Salvoconducto_ to the _Estado Mayor_ of General Golz for me to sign, he said to the officer in the green celluloid eyeshade. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Glass plates are heavy and inconvenient to carry, so that celluloid films have almost entirely taken their place, at least for outdoor work. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In plastics there are brick machines, pressed glass ware, enameled sheet iron ware, tiles, paper buckets, celluloid and rubber articles. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Hard rubber, celluloid, glass, soap, paper, and lots of others, all have to deal with amorphous substances, as to which comparatively little has been really settled. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The officer looked at him with his droopy eyes shaded by the green celluloid. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Typed by Beryl