Powdery film

  • 1Film base — A film base is a transparent substrate which acts as a support medium for the photosensitive emulsion that lies atop it. Despite the numerous layers and coatings associated with the emulsion layer, the base generally accounts for the vast… …

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  • 2powdery mildew — 1. any of various parasitic fungi of the ascomycete order Erysiphales, which produce a powderlike film of mycelium on the surface of host plants. 2. Plant Pathol. a disease caused by powdery mildew, characterized by yellowing and death of the… …

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  • 3powdery mildew — Mildew Mil dew, n. [AS. melede[ a]w; akin to OHG. militou, G. mehlthau, mehltau; prob. orig. meaning, honeydew; cf. Goth. milip honey. See {Mellifluous}, and {Dew}.] (Bot.) A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors …

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  • 4powdery mildew — pow′dery mil′dew n. 1) fng any of various fungi of the ascomycete order Erysiphales that produce a powderlike film of mycelium on the surface of host plants 2) ppa the plant disease caused by powdery mildew • Etymology: 1885–90, amer …

    From formal English to slang

  • 5Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969 film) — Infobox Film name = Goodbye, Mr. Chips imdb id = 0064382 producer = Arthur P. Jacobs director = Herbert Ross writer = Terrence Rattigan starring = Peter O Toole Petula Clark Michael Redgrave Sian Phillips Alison Leggatt cinematography = Oswald… …

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  • 6nitrate film base —   a highly flammable kind of film base, composed of cellulose nitrate, used up until the late 1940s when it was then supplanted by acetate base.   Example: deteriorating and powdery nitrate based film, one of the most important reasons for film… …

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  • 7bloom — I. n. 1. Efflorescence, flower, blossom, blow. 2. Efflorescence, flowering, blossoming, blow. 3. Flush, freshness, vigor, prime, heyday. 4. Flush, glow, carnation, rose, roseate hue. 5. Powdery film, delicate furze, down. 6. First freshness,… …

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  • 8painting — /payn ting/, n. 1. a picture or design executed in paints. 2. the act, art, or work of a person who paints. 3. the works of art painted in a particular manner, place, or period: a book on Flemish painting. 4. an instance of covering a surface… …

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  • 9art conservation and restoration — Maintenance and preservation of works of art, their protection from future damage, deterioration, or neglect, and the repair or renovation of works that have deteriorated or been damaged. Research in art history has relied heavily on 20th and… …

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  • 10Mildew — Mil dew, n. [AS. melede[ a]w; akin to OHG. militou, G. mehlthau, mehltau; prob. orig. meaning, honeydew; cf. Goth. milip honey. See {Mellifluous}, and {Dew}.] (Bot.) A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found …

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