celluloid

cel·lu·loid  (sly-loid)

n.

1. A colorless flammable material made from nitrocellulose and camphor and used to make photographic film.

2.

a. Motion-picture film: "a strange, anachronistic sight: theater pieces transferred to celluloid" (David Ansen).

b. The cinema; motion pictures: "There are no heroes but in celluloid" (Charles Langbridge Morgan).

adj.

1. Made of or using a material made from nitrocellulose and camphor.

2. Of or portrayed on film or in motion pictures.

3. Artificial; synthetic: a novel with flat, celluloid characters.

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[Originally a trademark.]

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celluloid [ˈsɛljʊˌlɔɪd]

n

1. (Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) a flammable thermoplastic material consisting of cellulose nitrate mixed with a plasticizer, usually camphor: used in sheets, rods, and tubes for making a wide range of articles

2. (Performing Arts)

a.  a cellulose derivative used for coating film

b.  one of the transparent sheets on which the constituent drawings of an animated film are prepared

c.  a transparent sheet used as an overlay in artwork

d.  cinema film

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	celluloid - 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 thermoplastic, thermoplastic resin - a material that softens when heated and hardens again when cooled camphor - a resin obtained from the camphor tree; used in making celluloid and liniment cellulose nitrate, guncotton, nitrocellulose, nitrocotton - a nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives
	2.	celluloid - a medium that disseminates moving pictures; "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good cinema"; "film coverage of sporting events" cinema, film cut-in, insert - (film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business" MacGuffin, McGuffin - (film) a plot element that catches the viewers' attention or drives the plot; "the McGuffin was a key element of Alfred Hitchcock's films" medium - a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information silver screen - the film industry
Adj.	1.	celluloid - artificial as if portrayed in a film; "a novel with flat celluloid characters" synthetic artificial, unreal - contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners"

Translations

celluloid [ˈseljʊlɔɪd]

A. N → celuloide m
on celluloid (Cine) → en el celuloide, en el cine

B. ADJ (Cine) → del celuloide, cinematográfico

Celluloid® [ˈsɛljʊlɔɪd]

n (= film) → celluloïd® m

modif [hero, star, image] → en celluloïd

celluloid

n → Zelluloid nt; celluloid heroes → Zelluloidhelden pl; on celluloid → auf der Leinwand

celluloid [ˈsɛljʊlɔɪd] n → celluloide f