Definition of film

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Film (n.) A thin skin; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity; hence, any thin, slight covering..

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Flake :: Flake (n.) A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a film; flock; lamina; layer; scale; as, a flake of snow, tallow, or fish..
Rust :: Rust (n.) The reddish yellow coating formed on iron when exposed to moist air, consisting of ferric oxide or hydroxide; hence, by extension, any metallic film of corrosion..
Kell :: Kell (n.) The caul; that which covers or envelops as a caul; a net; a fold; a film.
Infilm :: Infilm (v. t.) To cover with a film; to coat thinly; as, to infilm one metal with another in the process of gilding; to infilm the glass of a mirror..
Iriscope :: Iriscope (n.) A philosophical toy for exhibiting the prismatic tints by means of thin films.
Fulguration :: Fulguration (n.) The sudden brightening of a fused globule of gold or silver, when the last film of the oxide of lead or copper leaves its surface; -- also called blick..
Tarnish :: Tarnish (n.) A thin film on the surface of a metal, usually due to a slight alteration of the original color; as, the steel tarnish in columbite..
Silvering :: Silvering (n.) The art or process of covering metals, wood, paper, glass, etc., with a thin film of metallic silver, or a substance resembling silver; also, the firm do laid on; as, the silvering of a glass speculum..
Filminess :: Filminess (n.) State of being filmy.
Filmy :: Filmy (a.) Composed of film or films.
Flashing :: Flashing (n.) A mode of covering transparent white glass with a film of colored glass.
Film :: Film (n.) A slender thread, as that of a cobweb..
Mother :: Mother (n.) A film or membrane which is developed on the surface of fermented alcoholic liquids, such as vinegar, wine, etc., and acts as a means of conveying the oxygen of the air to the alcohol and other combustible principles of the liquid, thus leading to their oxidation..
Involucre :: Involucre (n.) A continuous marginal covering of sporangia, in certain ferns, as in the common brake, or the cup-shaped processes of the filmy ferns..
Pearl :: Pearl (n.) A whitish speck or film on the eye.
Bubble :: Bubble (n.) A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river..
Fine :: Fine (superl.) Not thick or heavy; slender; filmy; as, a fine thread..
Hymenogeny :: Hymenogeny (n.) The production of artificial membranes by contact of two fluids, as albumin and fat, by which the globules of the latter are surrounded by a thin film of the former..
Pellicle :: Pellicle (n.) A thin film formed on the surface of an evaporating solution.
Hygroscopic :: Hygroscopic (a.) Having the property of readily inbibing moisture from the atmosphere, or of the becoming coated with a thin film of moisture, as glass, etc..
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