celluloid

1. 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 (synset 114989676)
   is a type of: thermoplastic, thermoplastic resin - a material that softens when heated and hardens again when cooled
   substance holonym:

   • 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. A medium that disseminates moving pictures (synset 106273220)
   "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good cinema"; "film coverage of sporting events"
   referred to in:

   • art, artistic creation, artistic production - the creation of beautiful or significant things
   • business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
   associated with:

   • cut-in, insert - (film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film
   • macguffin, mcguffin - (film) a plot element that catches the viewers' attention or drives the plot
   is a type of: medium - a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
   subtypes: silver screen - the film industry
   same as: cinema, film

1. Artificial as if portrayed in a film (synset 301576851)
   "a novel with flat celluloid characters"
   similar to: artificial, unreal - contrived by art rather than nature
   same as: synthetic

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