discovery
find
uncovering a | the act of discovering something |
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 |
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 |
| 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 |
discovery
breakthrough
find | a productive insight |
| 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 |
moviegoer
motion-picture fan | someone who goes to see movies |
| 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 |
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 |
find oneself
find d | accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation, My son went to Berkeley to find himself |
receive get find
obtain
incur | receive a specified treatment (abstract), These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation, His movie received a good review, I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions |
grok
get the picture
comprehend
savvy
dig
grasp
compass
apprehend | get the meaning of something, Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter? |
learn hear
get word
get wind pick up
find out
get a line
discover see | get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally, I learned that she has two grown-up children, I see that you have been promoted |
| find a feel | come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds, I feel that he doesn't like me, I find him to be obnoxious, I found the movie rather entertaining |
discover
find | make a discovery, She found that he had lied to her, The story is false, so far as I can discover |
| find out catch out | trap, especially in an error or in a reprehensible act, He was caught out, She was found out when she tried to cash the stolen checks |
| blame find fault a pick | harass with constant criticism, Don't always pick on your little brother |
determine
find
find out
ascertain | establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study, find the product of two numbers, The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize |
determine check a find out see
ascertain
watch learn | find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort, I want to see whether she speaks French, See whether it works, find out if he speaks Russian, Check whether the train leaves on time |
| suggest evoke paint a picture | call to mind, this remark evoked sadness |
rule
find | decide on and make a declaration about, find someone guilty |