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(), 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; hence, any thin, slight covering. He from thick films shall purge the visual ray. Pope. 2. A slender thread, as that of a cobweb. Her whip of cricket's bone, the lash of film. Shak. Film v. t.To cover with a thin skin or pellicle. It will but skin and film the ulcerous place. Shak. Film (), n.(Photog.) The layer, usually of gelatin or collodion, containing the sensitive salts of photographic plates; also, the flexible sheet of celluloid or the like on which this layer is sometimes mounted. 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. スポンサード リンク
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