Film
[fɪlm]
Definition
(noun.) a thin coating or layer; 'the table was covered with a film of dust'.
(noun.) photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies.
(noun.) a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things.
(noun.) a medium that disseminates moving pictures; 'theater pieces transferred to celluloid'; 'this story would be good cinema'; 'film coverage of sporting events'.
(verb.) make a film or photograph of something; 'take a scene'; 'shoot a movie'.
(verb.) record in film; 'The coronation was filmed'.
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Definition
(n.) A thin skin; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity; hence, any thin, slight covering.
(n.) A slender thread, as that of a cobweb.
(v. t.) To cover with a thin skin or pellicle.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Pellicle, thin skin or coating.
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Definition
n. a thin skin or membrane: a very slender thread: the coating on a plate prepared to act as a medium for taking a picture.—v.t. to cover with a film or thin skin.—n. Film′iness.—adj. Film′y composed of film or membranes.
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Examples
- A motion-picture film is a thin ribbon of transparent pyroxylin plastic or nitrocellulose, which is highly inflammable. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The average spectator today can see a defect in an exhibited film as quickly as an expert. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The ray of light from A at the bottom of the object passes through the lens at an angle, and continues in a straight line until interrupted by the film or plate. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A hundred-foot film was considered extra long. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A very annoying feature until recently has been the losing of the lower film loop, due to poor patching of the film, tearing of the perforations in the films, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- After sufficient cooling they are taken out and wiped with a piece of leather so that only a slight film of fat remains. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- This emulsion, as the coating is called, is, as we might readily infer from the presence of the silver, sensitive to the action of light in much the same manner as was the original film. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- To obtain a true photograph, the negative is placed on a piece of sensitive photographic paper, or paper coated with a silver salt in the same manner as the plate and films. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- A very annoying feature until recently has been the losing of the lower film loop, due to poor patching of the film, tearing of the perforations in the films, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- About 1900, longer films came into use, which necessitated a change in handling. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The reddleman watched his form as it diminished to a speck on the road and became absorbed in the thickening films of night. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Licensees under Edison patents in this country alone produce upward of 60,000,000 feet of films annually, containing more than a billion and a half separate photographs. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The department is completely equipped to take and produce motion picture films of the highest quality. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A very convenient and useful development in films is to be found in the cartridge system, by which the film may be placed in and removed from the camera in broad daylight. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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