photography picture taking | the act of taking and printing photographs |
filming cinematography motion-picture photography | the act of making a film |
cinema movie theater movie theatre movie house picture palace | a theater where films are shown |
component constituent element | an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up, especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system, spare components for cars, a component or constituent element of a system |
detector sensor sensing element | any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner |
face card picture card court card | one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face |
gallery art gallery picture gallery | a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited |
heating element | the component of a heater or range that transforms fuel or electricity into heat |
Identikit Identikit picture | a likeness of a person's face constructed from descriptions given to police, uses a set of transparencies of various facial features that can be combined to build up a picture of the person sought |
kinescope picture tube television tube | a cathodeay tube in a television receiver, translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen |
logic element | an electronic device that performs an elementary logic operation |
motion-picture camera movie camera cineamera | a camera that takes a sequence of photographs that can give the illusion of motion when viewed in rapid succession |
motion-picture film movie film cine-film | photographic film several hundred feet long and wound on a spool, to be used in a movie camera |
painting picture | graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface, a small painting by Picasso, he bought the painting as an investment, his pictures hang in the Louvre |
photograph photo exposure picture pic | a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide, recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material |
picture image icon ikon | a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface, they showed us the pictures of their wedding, a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them |
picture book | a book consisting chiefly of pictures |
picture frame | a framework in which a picture is mounted |
picture hat | a woman's dressy hat with a wide brim |
picture rail | rail fixed to a wall for hanging pictures |
picture window | a large window with a single pane (usually overlooking a view) |
pixel pel picture element | (computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot), the greater the number of pixels per inch the greater the resolution |
roentgenogram X ray Xay Xay picture Xay photograph | a radiogram made by exposing photographic film to X rays, used in medical diagnosis |
stereo stereoscopic picture stereoscopic photograph | two photographs taken from slightly different angles that appear three-dimensional when viewed together |
threshold element threshold gate | a logic element that performs a threshold operation |
wedding picture | photographs of bride and groom and their friends taken at their wedding |
picture | a typical example of some state or quality, the very picture of a modern general, she was the picture of despair |
plot element | a component or element of the plot of a story |
component constituent element factor ingredient | an abstract part of something, jealousy was a component of his character, two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony, the grammatical elements of a sentence, a key factor in her success, humor: an effective ingredient of a speech |
memory picture | a memory image that is similar to a visual perception |
mental picture picture impression | a clear and telling mental image, he described his mental picture of his assailant, he had no clear picture of himself or his world, the events left a permanent impression in his mind |
video picture | the visible part of a television transmission, they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone |
picture writing | a writing system using pictographs |
a movie film picture moving picture moving-picture show motion picture motion-picture show picture show pic flick | a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement, they went to a movie every Saturday night, the film was shot on location |
silent movie silent picture silents | a movie without a soundtrack |
talking picture talkie | a movie with synchronized speech and singing |
picture postcard | a postcard with a picture on one side |
picture pictorial matter | illustrations used to decorate or explain a text, the dictionary had many pictures |
word picture word-painting delineation depiction picture characterization characterisation | a graphic or vivid verbal description, too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures, the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland, the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters |
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | an academy that gives annual awards for achievements in motion picture production and performance |
element | the most favorable environment for a plant or animal, water is the element of fishes |
moviegoer motion-picture fan | someone who goes to see movies |
identity identity element identity operator | an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates, the identity under numerical multiplication is |
picture plane | the plane that is in the foreground of a drawing or painting, coextensive with but different from the objective surface of the work |
element | a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone |
element of a cone | a straight line joining the apex and a point on the base |
element of a cylinder | a straight line running the length of the cylinder |
element | the situation in which you are happiest and most effective, in your element |
picture scene | a situation treated as an observable object, the political picture is favorable, the religious scene in England has changed in the last century |
chemical element element | any of the more than known substances (of which occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter |