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noun
1.
a thin layer or coating: a film of grease on a plate.
2.
a thin sheet of any material: a film of ice.
3.
a thin skin or membrane.
4.
a delicate web of filaments or fine threads.
5.
EXPANDa thin haze, blur, or mist.
6.
Photography.
a.
a cellulose nitrate or cellulose acetate composition made in thin sheets or strips and coated with a sensitive emulsion for taking photographs.
b.
a strip or roll of this.
c.
the coating of emulsion on such a sheet or strip or on a photographic plate.
7.
Movies.
a.
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.
b.
a similar perforated strip covered with an iron oxide emulsion (magfilm), intended for the recording and reproduction of both images and sound.
8.
COLLAPSEOften, films,
a.
motion pictures collectively.
b.
the motion-picture industry, or its productions, operations, etc.
c.
verb (used with object)
9.
to cover with a film, thin skin, or pellicle: filmed eyes.
10.
Movies.
a.
to photograph with a motion-picture camera.
b.
to reproduce in the form of motion pictures: to film a novel.
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verb (used without object)
11.
to become covered by a film: The water filmed over with ice.
12.
Movies.
a.
to be reproduced in a motion picture, especially in a specified manner: This story films easily.
b.
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
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.
11. mist, haze, cloud, veil.
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Etymonline
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
EXPANDphotographic 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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