celluloid

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsɛljəˌlɔɪd/

Noun

celluloid

1. Any of a variety of thermoplastics created from nitrocellulose and camphor, once used as photographic film.
   • 1894 June, Antonia Dickson, W. K. L. Dickson, Edison's Invention of the Kineto-Phonograph: Account of the Invention, article in Century Magazine, Volume 48, Issue 2,

     Then followed some experiments with drums, over which sheets of sensitized celluloid film were drawn, the edges being pressed into a narrow slot in the surface, similar in construction to the old tin-foil phonograph.

   • 1910, Stephen Leacock, The Conjurer's Revenge, in Literary Lapses,

     "And will you now, sir, take off your celluloid collar and permit me to burn it in the candle? Thank you, sir. And will you allow me to smash your spectacles for you with my hammer? Thank you."

2. (figuratively, often used attributively) The genre of cinema; film.
   • 2001 August 14, Riki Wilchins, Gender on celluloid, in The Advocate, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=B2MEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA26&dq=%22celluloid%22+-intitle:%22celluloid%22&hl=en&ei=ezPWTc-fEYb-vQPy1rGkBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CD0Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22celluloid%22%20-intitle%3A%22celluloid%22&f=false page 26].

Translations

• French: celluloïd
• German: Zelluloid, Celluloid
• Italian: celluloide
• Portuguese: celuloide
• Russian: целлуло́ид
• Spanish: celuloide

Translations

• French: ducinéma

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