Look up: film

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   Film
   The positive or negative used for making the printing plates, which incorporate all the text, line artwork and halftones. Film and plates are now being replaced with purely digital printing processes.
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   film
   [n] - a medium (art or business) that disseminates moving pictures 2. [n] - a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things 3. [n] - photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion 4. [n] - a thin coating or layer 5. [v] - record in film 6. [v] - make a film or photograph of something
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   Film
   A transparent, flexible plastic material, usually of cellulose acetate or polyester, on which a light-sensitive emulsion is coated, or on which an image can be formed by various transfer processes
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   film
   A thin, not necessarily visible, layer of material.
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   Film
   Film: Slang shortening of X-ray film, an X-ray, a radiograph.
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   film
   a thin sheet of material Category: Various industries and crafts • a dry,continuous layer of one or more coats of paint or printing ink Category: The chemical industry • a layer adjacent to the valve metal and in which the high potential drop is located when current flows in the direction of high impedance Category: Chemistry • the growth of microorganisms which...
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   A photographic emulsion coated on a flexible, transparent base that records images or scenes. The film is the light sensitive medium on which the photograph is recorded. There are 2 main types of film, Print film and Slide film. The material used in a camera to record a photographic image. Generally it is a light-sensitive emulsion coated on a flex ...
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   Film
   Definition (keystage 3) A very thin layer of something. A soap bubble is a film; the shape which it forms inside a loop of wire has the smallest possible area, a problem which it is very hard to solve mathematically.
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   Film
   Film noun [ Anglo-Saxon film skin, from fell skin; akin to fylmen membrane, OFries. filmene skin. See Fell skin.] 1. A thin skin; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity; hence, any thin, slight covering. « He from thick films shall purge the visual ray.» Pope. 2. A slender thread, as that of a cobweb. � ...
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    Film
    Film transitive verb To cover with a thin skin or pellicle. « It will but skin and film the ulcerous place.» Shak.
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    Film noun (Photog.) The layer, usually of gelatin or collodion, containing the sensitive salts of photographic plates; also, the flexible sheet of celluloid or the like on which this layer is sometimes mounted. Celluloid film (Photog.) , a thin flexible sheet of celluloid, coated with a sensitized emulsion of gelatin, and used as a substitute for photographic plates. -- ...
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    film
    1. A thin skin; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity; hence, any thin, slight covering. 'He from thick films shall purge the visual ray.' (Pope) ... 2. A slender thread, as that of a cobweb. 'Her whip of cricket's bone, the lash of film.' (Shak) ... Origin: AS. Film skin, fr. Fell skin; akin to fylmen membrane, OFries. Filmene skin. See ...
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    film
    cinema noun a medium that disseminates moving pictures; `theater pieces transferred to celluloid`; `this story would be good cinema`; `film coverage of sporting events`
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    noun a thin coating or layer; `the table was covered with a film of dust`
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    verb make a film or photograph of something; `take a scene`; `shoot a movie`
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    verb record in film; `The coronation was filmed`
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    film
    noun a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things
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    film
    noun photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies
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    `Film` is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects. Films are cultural artifacts created by specific cultures, which reflect those cultures, and, in turn, affect them. Film is considered to be an important art form, a source of popula...
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    film
    (film) a thin layer or coating. a thin transparent sheet of cellulose acetate or similar material coated on one or both sides with an emulsion that is sensitive to light or radiation. absorbable gelatin film a sterile, nonantigenic, absorbable, water-insoluble sheet of...
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    Film
    • (n.) A thin skin; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity; hence, any thin, slight covering. • (v. t.) To cover with a thin skin or pellicle. • (n.) A slender thread, as that of a cobweb. • (n.) The layer, usually of gelatin or collodion, containing the sensitive salts of photographic plates; also, the flexible shee...
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    film
    (from the article `advanced ceramics`) Advanced ceramics intended for electromagnetic and mechanical applications are often produced as thin or thick films. Thick films are commonly ... Most of the above-mentioned groups of chemicals that can be used either as plastics or elastomers can also be made into the form of coherent films. ... ...
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    film
    (from the article `electronics`) ...of the liquid crystal display familiar in digital watch faces. They are essentially two parallel sheets of thin glass having the facing sides ... ...property of silicon, not appreciated at the time but crucial to the development of low-cost transistors and integrated circuits: silicon, unlike ... [...
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    (from the article `photography, technology of`) The most widely used photographic process is the black-and-white negative–positive system (Figure 1). In the camera the lens projects an image of the ... ...for the development and growth of photoengraving; further growth was related to other developments in the printing and allied in...
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    (from the article `Beckett, Samuel`) ...speech. The short television play Eh Joe! (1967) exploits the television camera`s ability to move in on a face and the particular character of ...
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