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- An early device for exhibiting motion pictures, creating the illusion of movement from a strip of perforated film bearing sequential images that is conveyed over a light source with a high-speed shutter.
- An instrument for illustrating the production of kinematic curves by the combination of circular movements of different radii.
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- A print from such a camera.
- A camera that develops its own film.
- (in the plural) Spectacles made with lenses of this material, once used to view certain 3-D movies, now used as sunglasses.
- A sheet of plastic embedded with microscopic crystals of herapathite or similarly acting material, so that light passing through it is polarized.
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- a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence
- a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine
- (comics) A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings.
- (animation) A cartoon series.
- A diagram in a scientific concept.
- (comics) A drawing satirising current public figures.
- (art) A full-sized drawing that serves as the template for a fresco, a tapestry, etc.
- (animation) An animated piece of film which is often but not exclusively humorous.
- (art) An artist's preliminary sketch.
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- a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence
- Eye dialect spelling of tune.
- A southeast Asian and Australian tree (Toona ciliata or Toona australis) of the mahogany family with fragrant dark red wood and flowers that yield a dye.
- (Scotland, Northumbria) A town.
- (informal) A cartoon, especially an animated television show.
- (informal) An animated cartoon character.
- The wood of this tree.
- (informal, video games) A player's avatar or visible character in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game.
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- (photography) The piece of film exposed to light.
- (horticulture) The amount of sun, wind etc. experienced by a particular site.
- (photography) An instance of taking a photograph.
- (uncountable) Lack of protection from weather or the elements.
- (social media) The degree to which an individual, their content, or their brand is seen by the target market or the general public; internet fame.
- The act of exposing something, such as a scandal.
- (uncountable) The condition of being exposed, uncovered, or unprotected.
- (countable, uncountable) That part which is facing or exposed to something, e.g. the sun, weather, sky, or a view.
- (photography) Details of the time and f-number used.
- The act or condition of being at risk of financial losses.
- the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate
- abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving an infant out in the open)
- the act of exposing film to light
- a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format
- presentation to view in an open or public manner
- the disclosure of something secret
- aspect resulting from the direction a building or window faces
- vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain
- the state of being vulnerable or exposed
- the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience
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- an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
- a state of change
- the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
- a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote
- a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
- the act of changing location from one place to another
- a change of position that does not entail a change of location
- (countable) A parliamentary action to propose something. A similar procedure in any official or business meeting.
- (philosophy) from κίνησις (kinesis); any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration, augmentation and diminution, and change of place.
- (euphemistic) A movement of the bowels; the product of such movement.
- Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.
- (mechanical engineering) A piece of moving mechanism, such as on a steam locomotive.
- (physics) A change whereby something goes from one place to another; a state of progression from one place to another; a change of position with respect to time.
- (music) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts. (Conjunct motion is that by single degrees of the scale. Contrary motion is when parts move in opposite directions. Disjunct motion is motion by skips. Oblique motion is when one part is stationary while another moves. Similar or direct motion is when parts move in the same direction.)
- (law) A formal request, oral or written, made to a judge or court of law to obtain an official court ruling or order for a legal action to be taken by, or on behalf of, the movant.
- (slang, uncountable) Success; achievements, especially those that others cannot match.
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- an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
- the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock)
- a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
- a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
- a euphemism for defecation
- a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
- a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata
- a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
- the act of changing location from one place to another
- the act of changing the location of something
- a change of position that does not entail a change of location
- (bridge) A pattern in which pairs change opponents and boards move from table to table in duplicate bridge.
- (baseball) The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight.
- Physical motion between points in space.
- (music) Melodic progression, accentual character, tempo or pace.
- (music) A large division of a larger composition.
- (engineering) A system or mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion, such as the wheelwork of a watch.
- Ellipsis of bowel movement (“an act of emptying the bowels”).
- (aviation) An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing.
- The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc.
- A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals.
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- (film) A movie recording employing this technology.
- (uncountable, film) The method or practice of adjusting widescreen film images, especially 2.35:1 or 2.39:1 aspect ratio, so that they can be shown within the proportions of a 1.33:1 or 1.78:1 aspect ratio television screen, by cropping off sides of the original widescreen image, as opposed to letterboxing.
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- (film, transitive) To crop out (a character or object) when performing the pan and scan process, resulting in the deletion of a character or object.
- (film, transitive) To adjust widescreen film images so that they can be shown with standard television aspect ratios by cropping the original image, i.e. using pan and scan methods.
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- A sequence in a film in which the camera pans over an area.
- A wide receptacle in which gold grains are separated from gravel by washing the contents with water.
- (music) Ellipsis of steelpan.
- (rail transport, informal) Clipping of pantograph.
- A part; a portion.
- A pond or lake, considered as the expanse of land upon which the water sits.
- A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating as part of manufacture; a vacuum pan.
- A bedpan.
- (South Africa) Synonym of playa lake: a temporary pond or lake in a playa.
- (firearms) The part of a matchlock, flintlock, or wheellock firearm that holds the priming.
- (figurative) The brain, seen as one's intellect.
- (Ireland) A deep plastic receptacle, used for washing or food preparation; a basin.
- (roofing) The bottom flat part of a roofing panel that is between the ribs of the panel.
- (especially South Africa) A dry lake or playa, especially a salt flat.
- A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.
- A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home.
- (carpentry) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.
- (slang) A human face, a mug.
- (chiefly Ireland) A loaf of bread; a pan-loaf.
- (fortifications) The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.
- Ellipsis of salt pan: a flat artificial pond used for collecting minerals from evaporated water.
- A leaf of gold or silver.
- The contents of such a receptacle.
- The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the brainpan.
- Alternative form of paan.
- (geology) Ellipsis of hardpan: a hard substrate such as is formed in pans.
- Strong adverse criticism.
- cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel
- shallow container made of metal
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- (imaging, intransitive) To shift an image relative to the display window without changing the viewing scale.
- To join or fit together; to unite.
- (intransitive, with out, to pan out) To turn out well; to be successful.
- (sound engineering, intransitive) (of a sound) To move in the multichannel sound field.
- (photography, intransitive) To move the camera lens angle while continuing to expose the film, enabling a contiguous view and enrichment of context. In still-photography large-group portraits the film usually remains on a horizontal fixed plane as the lens and/or the film holder moves to expose the film laterally. The resulting image may extend a short distance laterally or as great as 360° from the point where the film first began to be exposed.
- (sound engineering, transitive) To spread a sound signal into a new stereo or multichannel sound field, typically giving the impression that it is moving across the sound stage.
- (intransitive) (of a camera) To turn horizontally.
- (transitive) To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).
- (transitive, informal, of a contest) To beat one's opposition convincingly.
- (transitive) To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to harshly criticize, especially a work (book, movie, etc.)
- wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals
- express a totally negative opinion of
- make a sweeping movement
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- (informal) Camera.
- (UK, dialect) A ridge or mound of earth.
- A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together.
- (climbing) A spring-loaded camming device, a spring-loaded device for effecting a temporary belay in a rock crevice.
- (piracy) A bootleg recording of a film recorded in a movie theater.
- A turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.
- a rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion
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- (film) The act of drawing a camera back to broaden the visible scene.
- (differential geometry) The map between cotangent bundles of manifolds corresponding to a smooth map between smooth manifolds, which at each point is the dual map to the corresponding pushforward.
- A certain move in tap dance.
- (historical) A device for making a woman's gown hang close and straight in front.
- (category theory) The limit of a cospan: a Cartesian square or “pullback square”.
- The act or result of pulling back; a withdrawal.
- (finance) A reduction in the price of a financial instrument after reaching a peak
- (category theory) Within a Cartesian square (which has a pair of divergent morphisms and a pair of convergent morphisms) the divergent morphism which is directly opposite to a given one of the convergent morphisms, said to be “along” the convergent morphism which is between that pair of opposite morphisms. (The pullback is said to be “of” the given morphism.)
- (sports) An attacking pass from the wing into a position further from the attacking goal line.
- (military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops)
- a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back
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- broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects
- Initialism of tax value.
- (colloquial, countable, uncountable) Abbreviation of television.
- (countable, anatomy, medicine) Initialism of tricuspid valve.
- (physiology, medicine) Initialism of tidal volume.
- (pop culture, music) Initialism of Taylor's Version.
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- broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects
- a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points
- an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen
- (uncountable) Collectively, the programs broadcast via the medium of television.
- (countable) An electronic home entertainment device equipped with a screen and a speaker for receiving television signals and displaying them in audio-visual form.
- (uncountable, broadcasting) An electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound.
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- broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects
- a recording of both the visual and audible components (especially one containing a recording of a movie or television program)
- (computer science) the appearance of text and graphics on a video display
- the visible part of a television transmission
- Television, a television show, or a movie.
- A short film clip, with or without audio (as in a music video, or one of the plethora of user-generated short movies on sites such as YouTube).
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- the display of a motion picture
- testing objects or persons in order to identify those with particular characteristics
- the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it
- fabric of metal or plastic mesh
- (medicine) Identifying cases of a disease in a population of asymptomatic persons.
- (business) Identifying latent unsuitabilities in business propositions, job applicants, or investment opportunities.
- (soccer) Shielding.
- (uncountable) Mesh material that is used to screen (as in a "screen door").
- (by extension, uncountable) The examination of any material or persons to detect problems through any of various testing, checking, or filtering processes, as:
- (countable) A test or method used for this purpose.
- (volleyball) Action done by the serving team to prevent the opposing team from seeing the server and the flight path of the ball.
- The examination and treatment of a material to detect and remove unwanted fractions by passing it through a screen (sieve).
- (in the plural) Material removed by such a process; refuse left after screening sand, coal, ashes, etc.
- The showing of a film, typically by projecting it on a screen.
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- an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
- (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
- a solid missile discharged from a firearm
- a small drink of liquor
- an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- an estimate based on little or no information
- the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe
- an attempt to score in a game
- a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
- an explosive charge used in blasting
- a blow hard enough to cause injury
- the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination
- informal words for any attempt or effort
- the act of firing a projectile
- a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot)
- a chance to do something
- sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put
- throwing the basketball toward the hoop
- (uncountable, athletics) The athletics event of shot put.
- (uncommon) Any injection.
- Someone who shoots (a gun, longbow, etc.); a person reckoned as to their aim.
- A remark or comment, especially one which is critical or insulting.
- (fisheries) A cast of one or more nets.
- (US federal prison system) Written documentation of a behavior infraction.
- The result of launching a projectile or bullet.
- (baseball, informal) A home run that scores one, two, or three runs (a four run home run is usually referred to as a grand slam).
- (countable, athletics) The heavy iron ball used for the shot put.
- (fisheries) A place or spot for setting nets.
- A single serving of espresso.
- (sports) The act of launching a ball or similar object toward a goal.
- A measure of alcohol, usually spirits, as taken either from a shot-glass or directly from the bottle, equivalent to about 44 milliliters or 1.5 ounces. ("pony shot"= 30 milliliters; 1 fluid ounce)
- (slang, sports, US) A punch or other physical blow.
- (figurative) An opportunity or attempt.
- (US, Canada, Australia, medicine) A vaccination; an injection for the purpose of vaccination.
- (uncountable, military, historical) Metal or stone balls (or similar), not necessarily small, used as ammunition.
- (photography, film) A single snapshot or an unbroken sequence of photographic film exposures, or the digital equivalent; an unedited sequence of frames.
- A charge to be paid, a scot or shout.
- (uncountable) Small metal balls, or other hard objects of various shapes, used as ammunition, especially in shotgun shells or artillery shells.
- (fisheries) A single draft or catch of fish made.
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- an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
- any undertaking that is easy to do
- tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections
- a sudden breaking
- the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
- the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand
- (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back
- a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger
- a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound
- a spell of cold weather
- a sudden sharp noise
- the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand
- the act of catching an object with the hands
- (colloquial) Clipping of Snapchat (“user account on Snapchat”).
- A visual message sent through the Snapchat application.
- A quick offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot.
- (colloquial) Something of no value.
- (uncountable) A subgenre of hip-hop music derived from crunk.
- A sudden break.
- A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris.
- (colloquial) A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.
- A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.
- A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
- (physics, humorous) jounce (the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time), followed by crackle and pop
- (uncountable) A crisp or pithy quality; epigrammatic point or force.
- (American football) A backward pass or handoff of a football from its position on the ground that puts the ball in play; a hike.
- (fishing) A small device resembling a safety pin, used to attach the bait or lure to the line.
- That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement; hence, a bite, morsel, or fragment; a scrap.
- (uncountable) A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards as they are turned up.
- A tool used by riveters.
- The act of snapping the fingers; making a sound by pressing a finger against the thumb and suddenly releasing to strike the hand.
- A brief, sudden period of a certain weather; used primarily in the phrase cold snap.
- An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.
- (informal) A photograph; a snapshot.
- (Linux) A package provided for the application sandboxing system snapd developed by Canonical.
- A very short period of time (figuratively, the time taken to snap one's fingers), or a task that can be accomplished in such a period.
- A thin circular cookie or similar baked good.
- A tool used by glass-moulders.
- A newsflash.
- Briskness; vigour; energy; decision.
- (slang) An insult of the kind used in the African-American verbal game of the dozens.
- The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.
- (UK, regional) A small meal, a snack; lunch.
- (slang) Something that is easy or effortless.
- A snapper, or snap beetle.
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- cause to make a snapping sound
- record on photographic film
- bring the jaws together
- close with a snapping motion
- break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
- make a sharp sound
- move with a snapping sound
- move or strike with a noise
- lose control of one's emotions
- separate or cause to separate abruptly
- to grasp hastily or eagerly
- utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
- put in play with a snap
- (transitive) To cause to move suddenly and smartly.
- (intransitive, transitive) To fracture or break apart suddenly.
- (transitive) To cause something to emit a snapping sound, especially by closing it rapidly.
- (intransitive) To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.
- (transitive) To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.
- (cricket, transitive) To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).
- (intransitive, computing, graphical user interface) To jump to a fixed position relative to another element.
- (intransitive) To flash or appear to flash as with light.
- (intransitive) To attempt to seize with eagerness.
- (intransitive) To give way abruptly and loudly.
- (transitive) To say abruptly or sharply.
- (intransitive) To misfire.
- (intransitive) To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension.
- (social media, ditransitive) Alternative letter-case form of Snap (“to send a visual message through the Snapchat application”).
- (intransitive) To speak abruptly or sharply.
- (transitive, American football) To put (a football) in play by a backward pass or handoff from its position on the ground; to hike (a football).
- (transitive) To snap one's fingers: to make a snapping sound, often by pressing the thumb and an opposing finger of the same hand together and suddenly releasing the grip so that the finger hits against the palm; alternatively, by bringing the index finger quickly down onto the middle finger and thumb.
- (intransitive) To attempt to seize or bite with the teeth, beak, etc.
- (intransitive) To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack.
- (transitive) To close something using a snap as a fastener.
- (transitive) To snatch with or as if with the teeth.
- (transitive) To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).
- (intransitive) To move or shift suddenly.
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- (Canada, US) Used in place of an expletive to express surprise, usually in response to a negative statement or news; often used facetiously.
- The cry used in a game of snap when winning a hand.
- (British, by extension) Used to express agreement.
- (British, Australia, by extension) "I've got one the same!", "Me too!"
- (British, Australia, New Zealand) Used after something is said by two people at exactly the same time.
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- an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
- (firearms) A quick offhand shot, made without deliberately taking aim over the sights.
- (soccer) A quick, unplanned or unexpected shot.
- A photograph, especially one taken quickly or in a sudden moment of opportunity.
- (computing) A file or set of files captured at a particular time, often capable of being reloaded to restore the earlier state.
- A glimpse of something; a portrayal of something at a moment in time.
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- projects successive frames from a reel of film to create moving pictures
- An opto-mechanical device for displaying still pictures by projecting them on a projection screen (Slide projector for projection of still images from film).
- An opto-mechanical device for displaying motion pictures by projecting them on a projection screen (Movie projector for projection of moving images from film).
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- a medium that disseminates moving pictures
- highly flammable substance made from cellulose nitrate and camphor; used in e.g. motion-picture and X-ray film; its use has decreased with the development of nonflammable thermoplastics
- (figuratively, often used attributively) The genre of cinema; film.
- Any of a variety of thermoplastics created from nitrocellulose and camphor, once used as photographic film.
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- a medium that disseminates moving pictures
- a theater where films are shown
- (countable) A movie theatre, a movie house.
- (film, uncountable) Films collectively.
- (film, uncountable) The film and movie industry.
- (Internet slang, uncountable) A sophisticated or exemplary film, representative of the art of cinema.
- (film, countable, uncountable) The art of making films and movies; cinematography.
- (by extension, humorous) Any media or event that is exemplary.
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- a medium that disseminates moving pictures
- photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies
- a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
- a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things
- a thin coating or layer
- A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.
- (uncountable) A visual art form that consists of a sequence of still images preserved on a recording medium to give the illusion of motion; movies generally.
- (countable) The sequence of still images itself, which produces a moving image when played; a movie.
- A slender thread, such as that of a cobweb.
- (photography) A medium used to capture images in a camera.
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- record in film
- make a film or photograph of something
- (ambitransitive) To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound.
- (ambitransitive) To record (activity, or a motion picture) on photographic film.
- (transitive) To cover or become covered with a thin skin or pellicle.
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- photographic equipment used to synchronize sound and motion picture; boards held in front of a movie camera are banged together
- (film) A device consisting of a board on which information about a film being recorded is noted, and a hinged piece which is brought down on the board with a clap at the start and end of each take of the film; it is used to synchronize picture and sound during editing.
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- (photography) An item upon which television cameras are mounted.
- (bridge building) An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier.
- (figuratively) A place of reverence or honor.
- (rail transport) A casting secured to the frame of a truck of a railcar and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.
- (architecture) The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp.
- (electronics) The measured value when no input signal is given.
- (telecommunications) A ground-level housing for a passive connection point for underground cables.
- (machining) A pillow block; a low housing.
- The tough protuberant pad covering a dromedary's sternum, which, when the camel lies down, causes the abdomen to be slightly above the hot ground.
- (aviation) The central part of the cockpit, between the pilots, where various controls are located.
- (steam heating) a pedestal coil, group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, used in a radiator.
- a support or foundation
- an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)
- a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority)
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- An early device for exhibiting motion pictures, creating the illusion of movement from a strip of perforated film bearing sequential images that is conveyed over a light source with a high-speed shutter.
- An instrument for illustrating the production of kinematic curves by the combination of circular movements of different radii.
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- A print from such a camera.
- A camera that develops its own film.
- (in the plural) Spectacles made with lenses of this material, once used to view certain 3-D movies, now used as sunglasses.
- A sheet of plastic embedded with microscopic crystals of herapathite or similarly acting material, so that light passing through it is polarized.
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- a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence
- a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine
- (comics) A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings.
- (animation) A cartoon series.
- A diagram in a scientific concept.
- (comics) A drawing satirising current public figures.
- (art) A full-sized drawing that serves as the template for a fresco, a tapestry, etc.
- (animation) An animated piece of film which is often but not exclusively humorous.
- (art) An artist's preliminary sketch.
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- a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence
- Eye dialect spelling of tune.
- A southeast Asian and Australian tree (Toona ciliata or Toona australis) of the mahogany family with fragrant dark red wood and flowers that yield a dye.
- (Scotland, Northumbria) A town.
- (informal) A cartoon, especially an animated television show.
- (informal) An animated cartoon character.
- The wood of this tree.
- (informal, video games) A player's avatar or visible character in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game.
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- (photography) The piece of film exposed to light.
- (horticulture) The amount of sun, wind etc. experienced by a particular site.
- (photography) An instance of taking a photograph.
- (uncountable) Lack of protection from weather or the elements.
- (social media) The degree to which an individual, their content, or their brand is seen by the target market or the general public; internet fame.
- The act of exposing something, such as a scandal.
- (uncountable) The condition of being exposed, uncovered, or unprotected.
- (countable, uncountable) That part which is facing or exposed to something, e.g. the sun, weather, sky, or a view.
- (photography) Details of the time and f-number used.
- The act or condition of being at risk of financial losses.
- the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate
- abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving an infant out in the open)
- the act of exposing film to light
- a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format
- presentation to view in an open or public manner
- the disclosure of something secret
- aspect resulting from the direction a building or window faces
- vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain
- the state of being vulnerable or exposed
- the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience
noun
- an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
- a state of change
- the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
- a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote
- a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
- the act of changing location from one place to another
- a change of position that does not entail a change of location
- (countable) A parliamentary action to propose something. A similar procedure in any official or business meeting.
- (philosophy) from κίνησις (kinesis); any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration, augmentation and diminution, and change of place.
- (euphemistic) A movement of the bowels; the product of such movement.
- Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.
- (mechanical engineering) A piece of moving mechanism, such as on a steam locomotive.
- (physics) A change whereby something goes from one place to another; a state of progression from one place to another; a change of position with respect to time.
- (music) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts. (Conjunct motion is that by single degrees of the scale. Contrary motion is when parts move in opposite directions. Disjunct motion is motion by skips. Oblique motion is when one part is stationary while another moves. Similar or direct motion is when parts move in the same direction.)
- (law) A formal request, oral or written, made to a judge or court of law to obtain an official court ruling or order for a legal action to be taken by, or on behalf of, the movant.
- (slang, uncountable) Success; achievements, especially those that others cannot match.
verb
noun
- an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
- the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock)
- a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
- a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
- a euphemism for defecation
- a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
- a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata
- a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
- the act of changing location from one place to another
- the act of changing the location of something
- a change of position that does not entail a change of location
- (bridge) A pattern in which pairs change opponents and boards move from table to table in duplicate bridge.
- (baseball) The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight.
- Physical motion between points in space.
- (music) Melodic progression, accentual character, tempo or pace.
- (music) A large division of a larger composition.
- (engineering) A system or mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion, such as the wheelwork of a watch.
- Ellipsis of bowel movement (“an act of emptying the bowels”).
- (aviation) An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing.
- The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc.
- A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals.
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noun
- (film) A movie recording employing this technology.
- (uncountable, film) The method or practice of adjusting widescreen film images, especially 2.35:1 or 2.39:1 aspect ratio, so that they can be shown within the proportions of a 1.33:1 or 1.78:1 aspect ratio television screen, by cropping off sides of the original widescreen image, as opposed to letterboxing.
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verb
- (film, transitive) To crop out (a character or object) when performing the pan and scan process, resulting in the deletion of a character or object.
- (film, transitive) To adjust widescreen film images so that they can be shown with standard television aspect ratios by cropping the original image, i.e. using pan and scan methods.
noun
- A sequence in a film in which the camera pans over an area.
- A wide receptacle in which gold grains are separated from gravel by washing the contents with water.
- (music) Ellipsis of steelpan.
- (rail transport, informal) Clipping of pantograph.
- A part; a portion.
- A pond or lake, considered as the expanse of land upon which the water sits.
- A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating as part of manufacture; a vacuum pan.
- A bedpan.
- (South Africa) Synonym of playa lake: a temporary pond or lake in a playa.
- (firearms) The part of a matchlock, flintlock, or wheellock firearm that holds the priming.
- (figurative) The brain, seen as one's intellect.
- (Ireland) A deep plastic receptacle, used for washing or food preparation; a basin.
- (roofing) The bottom flat part of a roofing panel that is between the ribs of the panel.
- (especially South Africa) A dry lake or playa, especially a salt flat.
- A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.
- A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home.
- (carpentry) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.
- (slang) A human face, a mug.
- (chiefly Ireland) A loaf of bread; a pan-loaf.
- (fortifications) The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.
- Ellipsis of salt pan: a flat artificial pond used for collecting minerals from evaporated water.
- A leaf of gold or silver.
- The contents of such a receptacle.
- The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the brainpan.
- Alternative form of paan.
- (geology) Ellipsis of hardpan: a hard substrate such as is formed in pans.
- Strong adverse criticism.
- cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel
- shallow container made of metal
adj
verb
- (imaging, intransitive) To shift an image relative to the display window without changing the viewing scale.
- To join or fit together; to unite.
- (intransitive, with out, to pan out) To turn out well; to be successful.
- (sound engineering, intransitive) (of a sound) To move in the multichannel sound field.
- (photography, intransitive) To move the camera lens angle while continuing to expose the film, enabling a contiguous view and enrichment of context. In still-photography large-group portraits the film usually remains on a horizontal fixed plane as the lens and/or the film holder moves to expose the film laterally. The resulting image may extend a short distance laterally or as great as 360° from the point where the film first began to be exposed.
- (sound engineering, transitive) To spread a sound signal into a new stereo or multichannel sound field, typically giving the impression that it is moving across the sound stage.
- (intransitive) (of a camera) To turn horizontally.
- (transitive) To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).
- (transitive, informal, of a contest) To beat one's opposition convincingly.
- (transitive) To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to harshly criticize, especially a work (book, movie, etc.)
- wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals
- express a totally negative opinion of
- make a sweeping movement
noun
- (informal) Camera.
- (UK, dialect) A ridge or mound of earth.
- A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together.
- (climbing) A spring-loaded camming device, a spring-loaded device for effecting a temporary belay in a rock crevice.
- (piracy) A bootleg recording of a film recorded in a movie theater.
- A turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.
- a rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion
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verb
noun
- (film) The act of drawing a camera back to broaden the visible scene.
- (differential geometry) The map between cotangent bundles of manifolds corresponding to a smooth map between smooth manifolds, which at each point is the dual map to the corresponding pushforward.
- A certain move in tap dance.
- (historical) A device for making a woman's gown hang close and straight in front.
- (category theory) The limit of a cospan: a Cartesian square or “pullback square”.
- The act or result of pulling back; a withdrawal.
- (finance) A reduction in the price of a financial instrument after reaching a peak
- (category theory) Within a Cartesian square (which has a pair of divergent morphisms and a pair of convergent morphisms) the divergent morphism which is directly opposite to a given one of the convergent morphisms, said to be “along” the convergent morphism which is between that pair of opposite morphisms. (The pullback is said to be “of” the given morphism.)
- (sports) An attacking pass from the wing into a position further from the attacking goal line.
- (military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops)
- a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back
noun
- broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects
- Initialism of tax value.
- (colloquial, countable, uncountable) Abbreviation of television.
- (countable, anatomy, medicine) Initialism of tricuspid valve.
- (physiology, medicine) Initialism of tidal volume.
- (pop culture, music) Initialism of Taylor's Version.
noun
- broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects
- a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points
- an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen
- (uncountable) Collectively, the programs broadcast via the medium of television.
- (countable) An electronic home entertainment device equipped with a screen and a speaker for receiving television signals and displaying them in audio-visual form.
- (uncountable, broadcasting) An electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound.
verb
noun
- broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects
- a recording of both the visual and audible components (especially one containing a recording of a movie or television program)
- (computer science) the appearance of text and graphics on a video display
- the visible part of a television transmission
- Television, a television show, or a movie.
- A short film clip, with or without audio (as in a music video, or one of the plethora of user-generated short movies on sites such as YouTube).
verb
noun
- the display of a motion picture
- testing objects or persons in order to identify those with particular characteristics
- the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it
- fabric of metal or plastic mesh
- (medicine) Identifying cases of a disease in a population of asymptomatic persons.
- (business) Identifying latent unsuitabilities in business propositions, job applicants, or investment opportunities.
- (soccer) Shielding.
- (uncountable) Mesh material that is used to screen (as in a "screen door").
- (by extension, uncountable) The examination of any material or persons to detect problems through any of various testing, checking, or filtering processes, as:
- (countable) A test or method used for this purpose.
- (volleyball) Action done by the serving team to prevent the opposing team from seeing the server and the flight path of the ball.
- The examination and treatment of a material to detect and remove unwanted fractions by passing it through a screen (sieve).
- (in the plural) Material removed by such a process; refuse left after screening sand, coal, ashes, etc.
- The showing of a film, typically by projecting it on a screen.
verb
noun
- an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
- (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
- a solid missile discharged from a firearm
- a small drink of liquor
- an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- an estimate based on little or no information
- the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe
- an attempt to score in a game
- a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
- an explosive charge used in blasting
- a blow hard enough to cause injury
- the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination
- informal words for any attempt or effort
- the act of firing a projectile
- a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot)
- a chance to do something
- sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put
- throwing the basketball toward the hoop
- (uncountable, athletics) The athletics event of shot put.
- (uncommon) Any injection.
- Someone who shoots (a gun, longbow, etc.); a person reckoned as to their aim.
- A remark or comment, especially one which is critical or insulting.
- (fisheries) A cast of one or more nets.
- (US federal prison system) Written documentation of a behavior infraction.
- The result of launching a projectile or bullet.
- (baseball, informal) A home run that scores one, two, or three runs (a four run home run is usually referred to as a grand slam).
- (countable, athletics) The heavy iron ball used for the shot put.
- (fisheries) A place or spot for setting nets.
- A single serving of espresso.
- (sports) The act of launching a ball or similar object toward a goal.
- A measure of alcohol, usually spirits, as taken either from a shot-glass or directly from the bottle, equivalent to about 44 milliliters or 1.5 ounces. ("pony shot"= 30 milliliters; 1 fluid ounce)
- (slang, sports, US) A punch or other physical blow.
- (figurative) An opportunity or attempt.
- (US, Canada, Australia, medicine) A vaccination; an injection for the purpose of vaccination.
- (uncountable, military, historical) Metal or stone balls (or similar), not necessarily small, used as ammunition.
- (photography, film) A single snapshot or an unbroken sequence of photographic film exposures, or the digital equivalent; an unedited sequence of frames.
- A charge to be paid, a scot or shout.
- (uncountable) Small metal balls, or other hard objects of various shapes, used as ammunition, especially in shotgun shells or artillery shells.
- (fisheries) A single draft or catch of fish made.
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verb
noun
- an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
- any undertaking that is easy to do
- tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections
- a sudden breaking
- the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
- the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand
- (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back
- a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger
- a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound
- a spell of cold weather
- a sudden sharp noise
- the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand
- the act of catching an object with the hands
- (colloquial) Clipping of Snapchat (“user account on Snapchat”).
- A visual message sent through the Snapchat application.
- A quick offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot.
- (colloquial) Something of no value.
- (uncountable) A subgenre of hip-hop music derived from crunk.
- A sudden break.
- A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris.
- (colloquial) A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.
- A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.
- A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
- (physics, humorous) jounce (the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time), followed by crackle and pop
- (uncountable) A crisp or pithy quality; epigrammatic point or force.
- (American football) A backward pass or handoff of a football from its position on the ground that puts the ball in play; a hike.
- (fishing) A small device resembling a safety pin, used to attach the bait or lure to the line.
- That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement; hence, a bite, morsel, or fragment; a scrap.
- (uncountable) A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards as they are turned up.
- A tool used by riveters.
- The act of snapping the fingers; making a sound by pressing a finger against the thumb and suddenly releasing to strike the hand.
- A brief, sudden period of a certain weather; used primarily in the phrase cold snap.
- An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.
- (informal) A photograph; a snapshot.
- (Linux) A package provided for the application sandboxing system snapd developed by Canonical.
- A very short period of time (figuratively, the time taken to snap one's fingers), or a task that can be accomplished in such a period.
- A thin circular cookie or similar baked good.
- A tool used by glass-moulders.
- A newsflash.
- Briskness; vigour; energy; decision.
- (slang) An insult of the kind used in the African-American verbal game of the dozens.
- The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.
- (UK, regional) A small meal, a snack; lunch.
- (slang) Something that is easy or effortless.
- A snapper, or snap beetle.
verb
- cause to make a snapping sound
- record on photographic film
- bring the jaws together
- close with a snapping motion
- break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
- make a sharp sound
- move with a snapping sound
- move or strike with a noise
- lose control of one's emotions
- separate or cause to separate abruptly
- to grasp hastily or eagerly
- utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
- put in play with a snap
- (transitive) To cause to move suddenly and smartly.
- (intransitive, transitive) To fracture or break apart suddenly.
- (transitive) To cause something to emit a snapping sound, especially by closing it rapidly.
- (intransitive) To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.
- (transitive) To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.
- (cricket, transitive) To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).
- (intransitive, computing, graphical user interface) To jump to a fixed position relative to another element.
- (intransitive) To flash or appear to flash as with light.
- (intransitive) To attempt to seize with eagerness.
- (intransitive) To give way abruptly and loudly.
- (transitive) To say abruptly or sharply.
- (intransitive) To misfire.
- (intransitive) To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension.
- (social media, ditransitive) Alternative letter-case form of Snap (“to send a visual message through the Snapchat application”).
- (intransitive) To speak abruptly or sharply.
- (transitive, American football) To put (a football) in play by a backward pass or handoff from its position on the ground; to hike (a football).
- (transitive) To snap one's fingers: to make a snapping sound, often by pressing the thumb and an opposing finger of the same hand together and suddenly releasing the grip so that the finger hits against the palm; alternatively, by bringing the index finger quickly down onto the middle finger and thumb.
- (intransitive) To attempt to seize or bite with the teeth, beak, etc.
- (intransitive) To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack.
- (transitive) To close something using a snap as a fastener.
- (transitive) To snatch with or as if with the teeth.
- (transitive) To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).
- (intransitive) To move or shift suddenly.
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- (Canada, US) Used in place of an expletive to express surprise, usually in response to a negative statement or news; often used facetiously.
- The cry used in a game of snap when winning a hand.
- (British, by extension) Used to express agreement.
- (British, Australia, by extension) "I've got one the same!", "Me too!"
- (British, Australia, New Zealand) Used after something is said by two people at exactly the same time.
noun
- an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
- (firearms) A quick offhand shot, made without deliberately taking aim over the sights.
- (soccer) A quick, unplanned or unexpected shot.
- A photograph, especially one taken quickly or in a sudden moment of opportunity.
- (computing) A file or set of files captured at a particular time, often capable of being reloaded to restore the earlier state.
- A glimpse of something; a portrayal of something at a moment in time.
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noun
- projects successive frames from a reel of film to create moving pictures
- An opto-mechanical device for displaying still pictures by projecting them on a projection screen (Slide projector for projection of still images from film).
- An opto-mechanical device for displaying motion pictures by projecting them on a projection screen (Movie projector for projection of moving images from film).
noun
- a medium that disseminates moving pictures
- highly flammable substance made from cellulose nitrate and camphor; used in e.g. motion-picture and X-ray film; its use has decreased with the development of nonflammable thermoplastics
- (figuratively, often used attributively) The genre of cinema; film.
- Any of a variety of thermoplastics created from nitrocellulose and camphor, once used as photographic film.
adj
noun
- a medium that disseminates moving pictures
- a theater where films are shown
- (countable) A movie theatre, a movie house.
- (film, uncountable) Films collectively.
- (film, uncountable) The film and movie industry.
- (Internet slang, uncountable) A sophisticated or exemplary film, representative of the art of cinema.
- (film, countable, uncountable) The art of making films and movies; cinematography.
- (by extension, humorous) Any media or event that is exemplary.
noun
- a medium that disseminates moving pictures
- photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies
- a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
- a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things
- a thin coating or layer
- A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.
- (uncountable) A visual art form that consists of a sequence of still images preserved on a recording medium to give the illusion of motion; movies generally.
- (countable) The sequence of still images itself, which produces a moving image when played; a movie.
- A slender thread, such as that of a cobweb.
- (photography) A medium used to capture images in a camera.
verb
- record in film
- make a film or photograph of something
- (ambitransitive) To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound.
- (ambitransitive) To record (activity, or a motion picture) on photographic film.
- (transitive) To cover or become covered with a thin skin or pellicle.
noun
- photographic equipment used to synchronize sound and motion picture; boards held in front of a movie camera are banged together
- (film) A device consisting of a board on which information about a film being recorded is noted, and a hinged piece which is brought down on the board with a clap at the start and end of each take of the film; it is used to synchronize picture and sound during editing.
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noun
- (photography) An item upon which television cameras are mounted.
- (bridge building) An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier.
- (figuratively) A place of reverence or honor.
- (rail transport) A casting secured to the frame of a truck of a railcar and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.
- (architecture) The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp.
- (electronics) The measured value when no input signal is given.
- (telecommunications) A ground-level housing for a passive connection point for underground cables.
- (machining) A pillow block; a low housing.
- The tough protuberant pad covering a dromedary's sternum, which, when the camel lies down, causes the abdomen to be slightly above the hot ground.
- (aviation) The central part of the cockpit, between the pilots, where various controls are located.
- (steam heating) a pedestal coil, group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, used in a radiator.
- a support or foundation
- an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)
- a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority)