roll film
noun Photography.
a strip of film with space for several exposures, packaged on a spool in roll form so as to permit daylight loading and unloading and ease of handling.
Origin of roll film
First recorded in 1890–95
Words nearby roll film
roll bar,
roll book,
roll cage,
roll call,
roll cloud,
roll film,
roll in,
roll in the aisles,
roll in the hay,
roll joint,
roll of honour
Example sentences from the Web for roll film
That would be true of every picture taken and is true of virtually every camera—every roll-film type camera.
Warren Commission (4 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15) |The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyIt resembles one of the small views in a series of moving pictures—a single view of a roll-film.
Clairvoyance and Occult Powers |Swami Panchadasi
British Dictionary definitions for roll film
roll film
noun
a length of photographic film backed with opaque paper and rolled on a spool