magfilm

[ mag-film ]

/ ˈmægˌfɪlm /

noun Movies.

See under film(def 7b).

Origin of magfilm

mag(netic) + film

Words nearby magfilm

magellanic cloud, magellanic clouds, magen david, magendie, magenta, magfilm, maggid, maggie, maggiore, maggot, maggoty

Definition for magfilm (2 of 2)

film

[ film ]

/ fɪlm /

noun

a thin layer or coating: a film of grease on a plate.

a thin sheet of any material: a film of ice.

a thin skin or membrane.

a delicate web of filaments or fine threads.

a thin haze, blur, or mist.

Photography.

a cellulose nitrate or cellulose acetate composition made in thin sheets or strips and coated with a sensitive emulsion for taking photographs.
a strip or roll of this.
the coating of emulsion on such a sheet or strip or on a photographic plate.

Movies.

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.

verb (used with object)

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

Movies.

to photograph with a motion-picture camera.
to reproduce in the form of motion pictures: to film a novel.

verb (used without object)

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

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 of film

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

SYNONYMS FOR film

11 mist, haze, cloud, veil.

OTHER WORDS FROM film

film·like, adjective re·film, verb (used with object) un·filmed, adjective well-filmed, adjective

British Dictionary definitions for magfilm

film

/ (fɪlm) /

noun

a sequence of images of moving objects photographed by a camera and providing the optical illusion of continuous movement when projected onto a screen
a form of entertainment, information, etc, composed of such a sequence of images and shown in a cinema, etc
(as modifier)film techniques

a thin flexible strip of cellulose coated with a photographic emulsion, used to make negatives and transparencies

a thin coating or layer

a thin sheet of any material, as of plastic for packaging

a fine haze, mist, or blur

a gauzy web of filaments or fine threads

pathol an abnormally opaque tissue, such as the cornea in some eye diseases

verb

to photograph with a cine camera
to make a film of (a screenplay, event, etc)

(often foll by over) to cover or become covered or coated with a film

Word Origin for film

Old English filmen membrane; related to Old Frisian filmene, Greek pelma sole of the foot; see fell 4

Medical definitions for magfilm

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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magfilm

noun Movies.

Origin of magfilm

Words nearby magfilm

Definition for magfilm (2 of 2)

noun

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

Origin of film

SYNONYMS FOR film

OTHER WORDS FROM film

British Dictionary definitions for magfilm

noun

verb

Word Origin for film

Medical definitions for magfilm

n.