1. Artificial as if portrayed in a film
   "a novel with flat celluloid characters"
   - synthetic

1. 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 
2. A medium that disseminates moving pictures
   "theatre pieces transferred to celluloid"
   - film, cinema

Derived forms: celluloids

See also: artificial, unreal

Type of: medium, thermoplastic, thermoplastic resin

Encyclopedia: Celluloid

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