noun / verb
film
Light-sensitive material on which photographic images are recorded.
She loads a fresh roll of film into her camera.
Etymology
Film originally meant a thin skin or membrane. Photography applied that name to the thin material carrying the light-sensitive layer on which images are recorded.
More examples
- Opening the camera too soon can ruin the film.
- The lab develops both color and black-and-white film.
- We film the scene on 16-millimeter stock.
Forms
film · films · filmed · filming
Similar words
- plate
- A photographic plate has a rigid base rather than flexible backing.