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roll film
noun
, Photography.
- 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.
roll film
noun
- a length of photographic film backed with opaque paper and rolled on a spool
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Word History and Origins
Origin of roll film1
First recorded in 1890–95
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Example Sentences
That film, The Last Waltz, is widely considered the best rock-and-roll film ever made.
From The Daily Beast
It resembles one of the small views in a series of moving pictures—a single view of a roll-film.
From Project Gutenberg
That would be true of every picture taken and is true of virtually every camera—every roll-film type camera.
From Project Gutenberg
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