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filmstrip

[film-strip]
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noun
  1. a length of film containing a series of related transparencies for projection on a screen.
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Origin of filmstrip

First recorded in 1925–30; film + strip2
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British Dictionary definitions for film strip

film strip

noun
  1. a strip of film composed of different images projected separately as slides
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Word Origin and History for film strip

filmstrip

n.

1930, from film (n.) + strip (n.).

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