a strip of transparent material, usually cellulose triacetate, covered with a photographic emulsion and perforated along one or both edges, intended for the recording and reproduction of images.

a similar perforated strip covered with an iron oxide emulsion (magfilm), intended for the recording and reproduction of both images and sound.

motion picture.

Often, films,

motion pictures collectively.

the motion-picture industry, or its productions, operations, etc.

motion pictures, as a genre of art or entertainment: experimental film.

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verb (used with object)

to cover with a film, thin skin, or pellicle: filmed eyes.

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to photograph with a motion-picture camera.

to reproduce in the form of motion pictures: to film a novel.

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Film is always a great word to know.

So is theatrical film. Does it mean:

an outdoor area, usually adjoining a studio, used for the shooting of exterior scenes

a film made for exhibition in theaters, as distinguished from one made for television

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verb (used without object)

11.

to become covered by a film: The water filmed over with ice.

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Movies.

to be reproduced in a motion picture, especially in a specified manner: This story films easily.

to direct, make, or otherwise engage in the production of motion pictures.

Origin:
before 1000; 1890–95 for def. 6; 1900–05 for def. 7; Middle English filme, Old English filmen membrane; akin to fell⁴

Related forms

film·like, adjective

re·film, verb (used with object)

un·filmed, adjective

well-filmed, adjective

Synonyms
11. mist, haze, cloud, veil.

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Example Sentences

Fairbanks, a founder of the film school, has kept newcomers at bay.

Note: the first fifteen seconds or so of the film are intentionally dark.

India's film industry in particular has long been financed by the underworld.

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Fairbanks, a founder of the film school, has kept newcomers at bay.

Note: the first fifteen seconds or so of the film are intentionally dark.

India's film industry in particular has long been financed by the underworld.

Many homeowners and renters can benefit from lower heating and cooling bills by installing solar window film.

Researchers take an image of a finger using film and some tape.

But there is some kind of magic about this whale and the film that you don't want to miss.

And career changing-Di left the film biz for garden design.

There are still a few things film cameras do that digital cameras don't.

YouTube, the site known for videos of cats playing piano and other home movies, is sending some of its users to film school.

Cultural storytelling through film and still photography.

The film focuses on four uninfected people and their struggle to survive.

Several major film preservation projects have been in the news recently.

And you can see how handsome the boxes look in a garden setting in the film clip.

Film might not be dead, but it has been relegated to a niche category.

Film students aren't the only ones producing videos for homework these days.

Digital cameras today offer superb image quality that competes directly with film.

All it requires are a laser pointer, some polarizing film and a few household objects.

Film festivals used to have two seasons, roughly spring and fall.

The maverick billionaire blogger wants to take the film out of the film industry.

She founded several stylish signature events at the college, including film and fashion shows.

Behind many an expedition lies the challenge of capturing it on film.

Film studios could also use the technology for special effects.

Perhaps it's better to leave the film as it is, a stolen moment between a city boy and the girl who reminds him of home.

The film festival serves up a cornucopia of both gripe- and gawk-worthy technology this year.

The film he created was not only edible and transparent, but it was also a barrier to moisture and a better barrier to oxygen.

If it's surprising how ephemeral film can be, survival rates for video processes are even more alarming.

The advent of inexpensive digital production facilities is making it easier to get independent film projects off the ground.

In the wintertime, when heating is necessary, the film is removed.

But there was more to the story than was captured on film.

Ramp that up for thin film solar production and we'll run out of indium before the artificial trees sink their first roots.

Rockwell used the techniques of a film director to create his scenes.

Our readers may be curious what kind of equipment you used to film the sloths.

Some of my students want to make a film about our university to be shown during parents weekends and at other events.

Cannes is typical of big film festivals in not giving a regular film-music prize.

How the film industry itself will be transformed as performance capture becomes more widespread is unclear.

Free film screenings about the terra cotta warriors every week.

Contrary to popular belief, some people still shoot on film.

Preserve and share your travel memories with this easy-to-use slide and film scanner.

Hacking a feature film down to size can be a daunting task.

Aufderheide spent years as a film critic and has no formal legal training.

Most scientists sought a solution by first creating a thin film from vaporized metals and then testing the films for conductivity.

The film showcases some of the new techniques paleontologists are using to investigate dinosaur lives.

And, says the film scholar, whenever she browses shelves of new film books at stores.

Help may soon be available in the form of a smart film that can block heat--but not light--from the sun.

Discover old haunts that inspired thrills and chills in fiction and film.

Blank got a commission to make an industrial film about.

She began her career as a musical prodigy and ended up breaking down racial barriers in the recording and film industries.

No person needs anyone's permission to film anything in a public place.

Sure, the scenery was nice-parts of the film were shot in the vicinity of the.

Lee's beautifully riveting performance has been captured on film and is making the rounds around the nation.

It is about a tormented writer who is working on a book about a silent film star.

Riboud crept close, snapping away in the soft, dying light of the late afternoon with the last of his film.

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World English Dictionary

film (fɪlm)

—n
1.	a. a sequence of images of moving objects photographed by a camera and providing the optical illusion of continuous movement when projected onto a screen
	b. a form of entertainment, information, etc, composed of such a sequence of images and shown in a cinema, etc
	c. (as modifier): film techniques
2.	a thin flexible strip of cellulose coated with a photographic emulsion, used to make negatives and transparencies
3.	a thin coating or layer
4.	a thin sheet of any material, as of plastic for packaging
5.	a fine haze, mist, or blur
6.	a gauzy web of filaments or fine threads
7.	pathol an abnormally opaque tissue, such as the cornea in some eye diseases

—vb
8.	a. to photograph with a cine camera
	b. to make a film of (a screenplay, event, etc)
9.	(often foll by over) to cover or become covered or coated with a film

[Old English filmen membrane; related to Old Frisian filmene, Greek pelma sole of the foot; see fell⁴]

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Word Origin & History

film

O.E. filmen "membrane, skin," from W.Gmc. *filminjan (cf. O.Fris. filmene "skin," O.E. fell "hide"), extended from P.Gmc. *fello(m) "animal hide," from PIE *pello-/*pelno- (cf. Gk. pella, L. pellis "skin"). Sense of "a thin coat of something" is 1577, extended by 1845 to the coating of chemical gel on

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photographic plates. By 1895 this also meant the coating plus the paper or celluloid. First used of "motion pictures" in 1905. The verb "to make a movie of" is from 1899.

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Medical Dictionary

film (fĭlm)
n.

A light-sensitive or x-ray-sensitive substance used in taking photographs or radiographs.
A thin layer or membranous coating.

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