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celluloid
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Celluloid
(gcide) | Celluloid \Cel"lu*loid`\ (s[e^]l"[-u]*loid), n. [Cellulose +
-oid.]
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.
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celluloid
(wn) | celluloid
adj 1: artificial as if portrayed in a film; "a novel with flat
celluloid characters" [syn: celluloid, synthetic]
n 1: 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
2: a medium that disseminates moving pictures; "theater pieces
transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good cinema";
"film coverage of sporting events" [syn: film, cinema,
celluloid] |
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Celluloid
(gcide) | Celluloid \Cel"lu*loid`\ (s[e^]l"[-u]*loid), n. [Cellulose +
-oid.]
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.
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Celluloid film
(gcide) | Film \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.
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He from thick films shall purge the visual ray.
--Pope.
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2. hence, any thin layer covering a surface.
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3. A slender thread, as that of a cobweb.
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Her whip of cricket's bone, the lash of film.
--Shak.
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4. (Photog.) The layer, usually of gelatin or collodion,
containing the sensitive salts of photographic plates.
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5. (Photog.) a flexible sheet of celluloid or other plastic
material to which a light-sensitive layer has been
applied, used for recording images by the processes of
photography. It is commonly used in rolls mounted within
light-proof canisters suitable for simple insertion into
cameras designed for such canisters. On such rolls,
varying numbers of photographs may be taken before the
canister needs to be replaced.
[PJC]
6. a motion picture.
[PJC]
7. the art of making motion pictures; -- used mostly in the
phrase the film.
[PJC]
8. a thin transparent sheet of plastic, used for wrapping
objects; as, polyethylene film.
[PJC]
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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