photographic film


Also found in: Thesaurus, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.
Related to photographic film: photographic plate
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.photographic film - photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsionphotographic film - photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies
footage - film that has been shot; "they had stock footage of lightning, tornados, and hurricanes"; "he edited the news footage"
microfilm - film on which materials are photographed at greatly reduced size; useful for storage; a magnification system is used to read the material
cine-film, motion-picture film, movie film - photographic film several hundred feet long and wound on a spool; to be used in a movie camera
negative - a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed
orthochromatic film - a photographic film sensitive to green and blue and violet light
panchromatic film - photographic film sensitive to light of all colors (including red)
photographic material, photographic paper - light-sensitive paper on which photograph can be printed
positive - a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject
reel - a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector
roll - photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light
roll film - photographic film wound on a spool
sequence, episode - film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie
X-ray film - photographic film used to make X-ray pictures
film clip - a strip of motion picture film used in a telecast
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
References in periodicals archive ?
By far the most important word is change, as Fujifilm, which started as a photographic film manufacturer, has been able to adapt despite film going out of style with the advent of digital technology.
Microcards, a format no longer produced, were similar to microfiche, but printed on cardboard rather than photographic film.
Squier developed the Polarization Photochronograph that involved a projectile passing over a sensor and bending light through prisms to move two photographic film discs.
Using its advanced chemical synthesis and design capabilities cultivated in the photographic film business and the cell preparation and culturing technologies of its group companies such as Japan Tissue Engineering, FCDI and FDB, Fujifilm will accelerate the development of highly competitive cell culture media, supporting the further growth of its cell culture media business.
Digital x-ray technology and radiography utilizes digital x-ray sensors instead of traditional photographic film. This reduces the radiation by 75% and technology allows us to enhance the images by enlarging or darkening or lightening them on demand.
Photographic film and film technology have been put to many uses including an art medium as illustrated by the abstract landscape that I created in 1985.
Summary: A polyvinylchloride (PVC) membrane silver(I) selective electrode was developed for the determination of silver(I) ions in photographic film developing solutions.
Sheets of the material are rolled or baled for use by factories to make rayon, tire cords, photographic film, medical surgery products and cellophane.
Digital radiography is a form of X-ray imaging, where digital X-ray sensors are used instead of traditional photographic film. Advantages include time efficiency through bypassing chemical processing and the ability to digitally transfer and enhance images.
Working with the selective soft focus of analog photography, she creates light-paintings out of the physicality and graininess of photographic film, subtly puncturing the picture as the taut surface of the real to unfold the photograph as an in-between space of the imaginary.
Synopsis: In 2000, photographic film products made up 60% of Fujifilm's sales and up to 70% of its profit.
Thanaa Ibrahim Shalaby and colleagues, Nivan Mahmoud Fekry, Amal Sobhy El Sodfy, Amel Gaber El Sheredy and Maisa El Sayed Sayed Ahmed Moustafa, at Alexandria University, prepared nanofibres from cellulose acetate, an inexpensive and easily fabricated, semisynthetic polymer used in everything from photographic film to coatings for eyeglasses and even cigarette filters.

Full browser ?