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 |
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 |
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 |
lending library circulating library | library that provides books for use outside the building |
library depository library | a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study |
library | a room where books are kept, they had brandy in the library |
library | a building that houses a collection of books and other materials |
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 |
National Library of Medicine United States National Library of Medicine U.S. National Library of Medicine | the world's largest medical library |
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 |
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 |
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 |
library science | the study of the principles and practices of library administration |
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 |
library card borrower's card | a card certifying the bearer's right to use the library |
library catalog library catalogue | an enumeration of all the resources of a library |
library program | a program in a program library |
library routine | a debugged routine that is maintained in a program library |
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 |
Bachelor of Arts in Library Science ABLS | a bachelor's degree in library science |
Master of Arts in Library Science MALS | a master's degree in library science |
Master of Library Science MLS | a master's degree in library science |
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 |
library program library subroutine library | (computing) a collection of standard programs and subroutines that are stored and available for immediate use |
library | a collection of literary documents or records kept for reference or borrowing |
public library | a nonprofit library maintained for public use |
Nag Hammadi Nag Hammadi Library | a collection of ancient papyrus codices translated from Greek into Coptic that were discovered by farmers near the town of Nag Hammadi in , the codices contain distinct works including the chief sources of firsthand knowledge of Gnosticism |
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | an academy that gives annual awards for achievements in motion picture production and performance |