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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 eye2: 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 photographs4: motion picture

— film·less \-ləs\ adjective

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