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film


Main Entry: 1film
Pronunciation: \ˈfilm, Southern also ˈfi(ə)m\
Function: noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English filme, from Old English filmen; akin to Greek pelma sole of the foot, Old English fell skin — more at fell
Date: before 12th century

1 a : a thin skin or membranous covering : pellicle b : an abnormal growth on or in the eye
2 : a thin covering or coating <a film of ice>
3 a : an exceedingly thin layer : lamina b (1) : a thin flexible transparent sheet (as of plastic) used especially as a wrapping (2) : a thin sheet of cellulose acetate or nitrocellulose coated with a radiation-sensitive emulsion for taking photographs
4 : motion picture

film·less \-ləs\ adjective


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