Look up: SCRIM

1. Scrim
   Finely woven fabric which can be translucent or opaque using lighting from different angles. Small pieces of a scrim material is often used in front of lanterns to soften the light beam.
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2. Scrim
   Lighting attachment which when placed in front of the lamp reduces its light intensity.
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3. scrim
   [n] - a firm open-weave fabric used for a curtain in the theater
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4. Scrim
   Coarse woven Hessian, or similar material used in scenery construction.
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5. Scrim
   Low-cost, woven reinforcing fabric in an open mesh construction.
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6. scrim
   A generic term for a low-quality plain cloth of the muslin type with traditional cover factors for both warp and weft of about 4.The mass per unit area will vary with the type of fibre used but will usually be between 35 and 70 g/m2(1 and 2 oz/yd2)when the fabric is made from cotton. Category: Various industries and crafts
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7. Scrim
   A woven or mat-type fabric that is used as a membrane sandwich between other material to provide reinforcement and stretch resistance.
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8. Scrim
   any mesh-like material eg wire or coarse jute, used as a reinforcing base, usually for a plaster coat.
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9. Scrim
   Scrim noun 1. A kind of light cotton or linen fabric, often woven in openwork patterns, -- used for curtains, etc,; -- called also India scrim . 2. plural Thin canvas glued on the inside of panels to prevent shrinking, checking, etc.
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10. scrim
    noun a firm open-weave fabric used for a curtain in the theater
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11. Scrim
    • (n.) Thin canvas glued on the inside of panels to prevent shrinking, checking, etc. • (n.) A kind of light cotton or linen fabric, often woven in openwork patterns, -- used for curtains, etc,; -- called also India scrim.
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12. scrim
    (from the article `gauze`) ...cheese and now used in bookbinding, as reinforcing in paper where high strength is desired, and for dustcloths and the like; bunting, made of ...
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13. Scrim
    A metal 'window screen' that can be placed in front of a lighting unit to decrease the lighting intensity by a predetermined amount. (Grip/Lighting)
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14. SCRIM
    A woven or mat-type fabric that is used as a membrane sandwich between other material to provide reinforcement and stretch resistance.
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15. Scrim
    Fabric which is opaque when lighted from the front and transparent when lighted from the rear.
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16. Scrim
    a fabric with an open or loose configuration of strands or filaments which can usually be easily seen through from a distance.
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17. Scrim
    Scrim is a thin strong, open-weave fabric or type of muslin, used by decorators in the preparation of bad surfaces prior to paperhanging particularly on wooden surfaces. Scrim is also used in upholstery.
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18. Scrim
    (lighting) A `scrim` is a device used in the film and television industries, as well as by photographers, to modify properties of light. There are a variations on types of scrim, depending upon its use, whether with natural light, or on man made light sources. However, their basic use is the ...
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19. Scrim
    (material) The term `scrim` has two separate meanings in terms of fabric. In each case, it refers to woven material, one a finely woven lightweight fabric widely used in theatre, the other a heavy, coarse woven material used for reinforcement in both building and canvasmaking. Light gauzy mat...
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