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roll film
Word Origin
noun
,
Photography.
1.
a strip of film with space for several exposures, packaged on a spool in roll form so as to permit daylight loading and unloading and ease of handling.
Origin of
roll film
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1890-1895
First recorded in
1890-95
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British Dictionary definitions for
roll film
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roll film
noun
1.
a length of photographic film backed with opaque paper and rolled on a spool
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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