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Film Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Film? [n] a thin coating or layer; "the table was covered with a film of dust" [n] photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies [n] a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things [n] a medium (art or business) that disseminates moving pictures; "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good cinema"; "film coverange of sporting events" [n] a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location" [v] make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie" [v] record in film; "The coronation was filmed" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Film: celluloid \| cinema \| flick \| motion picture \| movie \| moving picture \| photographic film \| pic \| picture \| picture show \| plastic film \| shoot \| 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overlay \| overplayed \| overspread \| pack \| paint \| pale \| pan \| panchromatic film \| pane \| panel \| patina \| pea soup \| pea-soup fog \| peasouper \| peel \| pellicle \| phonograph record \| photodrama \| photograph \| photographic paper \| photomap \| photoplay \| Photostat \| pic \| picture \| picture show \| plait \| plank \| plate \| plating \| platter \| ply \| plywood \| pornographic art \| pornographic film \| pornographic literature \| pornographomania \| pornography \| preview \| printing paper \| put on \| Rabelaisianism \| radiograph \| rasher \| revetment \| ribaldry \| roentgenograph \| roll \| safety glass \| salaciousness \| salacity \| scale \| scenic \| scoreboard \| scorecard \| scoresheet \| screen \| scum \| scurrility \| sexploitation \| sheet \| shield \| shoot \| short \| show \| silent \| silent film \| skin \| skin flick \| slab \| slat \| slice \| slip \| smog \| smut \| smuttiness \| snap \| snapshoot \| snapshot \| sneak preview \| soft-core 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\| medium \| microfilm \| microfilm \| motion-picture film \| movie film \| negative \| object \| oil slick \| orthochromatic film \| panchromatic film \| peepshow \| photographic material \| photographic paper \| physical object \| Polaroid \| positive \| put down \| put down \| record \| record \| reel \| reshoot \| retake \| roll \| roll film \| scene \| scum \| sequence \| sequence \| sheet \| shoot-'em-up \| short subject \| shot \| show \| silent movie \| silver screen \| slow motion \| soap film \| subtitle \| talkie \| talking picture \| three-D \| wrap \| wrapper \| wrapping \| X-ray film Film In Webster's Dictionary \Film\, n. [AS. film skin, fr. 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. Her whip of cricket's bone, the lash of film. --Shak. \Film\, v. t. To cover with a thin skin or pellicle. It will but skin and film the ulcerous place. --Shak. \Film\, n. (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. {Cut film} (Photog.), a celluloid film cut into pieces suitable for use in a camera.

Film Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Film?

[n] a thin coating or layer; "the table was covered with a film of dust"
[n] photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies
[n] a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things
[n] a medium (art or business) that disseminates moving pictures; "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good cinema"; "film coverange of sporting events"
[n] a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location"
[v] make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie"
[v] record in film; "The coronation was filmed"

Film In Webster's Dictionary

\Film\, n. [AS. film skin, fr. 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.

         Her whip of cricket's bone, the lash of film.
                                               --Shak.


\Film\, v. t.
To cover with a thin skin or pellicle.

      It will but skin and film the ulcerous place. --Shak.


\Film\, n. (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.

{Cut film} (Photog.), a celluloid film cut into pieces
   suitable for use in a camera.

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