celluloid

Meanings

• 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
• a medium that disseminates moving pictures
  • "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"
• artificial as if portrayed in a film
  • "a novel with flat celluloid characters"

Synonyms

cinema, film, synthetic