film festival | a cinematic festival that features films (usually films produced during the past year) |
big science | scientific research that requires massive capital investment but is expected to yield very significant results |
moviemaking movie making film making | the production of movies |
film editing cutting | the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film |
Cooper Union Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art | university founded in by Peter Cooper to offer free courses in the arts and sciences |
film | a thin coating or layer, the table was covered with a film of dust |
film photographic film | photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion, used to make negatives or transparencies |
film plastic film | a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things |
film advance | a mechanism for advancing film in a camera or projector |
lab laboratory research lab research laboratory science lab science laboratory | a workplace for the conduct of scientific research |
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 |
movie projector cine projector film projector | projects successive frames from a reel of film to create moving pictures |
orthochromatic film | a photographic film sensitive to green and blue and violet light |
panchromatic film | photographic film sensitive to light of all colors (including red) |
roll film | photographic film wound on a spool |
cling film clingfilm Saran Wrap | a thin plastic film made of saran (trade name Saran Wrap) that sticks to itself, used for wrapping food |
science museum | a museum that collects and displays objects having scientific interest |
soap film | a film left on objects after they have been washed in soap |
sound film | motion-picture film with sound effects and dialogue recorded on it |
Xay film | photographic film used to make Xay pictures |
skill science | ability to produce solutions in some problem domain, the skill of a well-trained boxer, the sweet science of pugilism |
creation science | an effort to give scientific support for the truth of the account of Creation given in the Book of Genesis |
science scientific discipline | a particular branch of scientific knowledge, the science of genetics |
natural science | the sciences involved in the study of the physical world and its phenomena |
life science bioscience | any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms |
biology biological science r | the science that studies living organisms |
biomedical science | the application of the principles of the natural sciences to medicine |
medical science | the science of dealing with the maintenance of health and the prevention and treatment of disease |
ecology bionomics environmental science | the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment |
genetics genetic science | the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms |
brain science | the branch of neuroscience concerned with the brain |
zoology zoological science | the branch of biology that studies animals |
chemistry chemical science r | the science of matter, the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions |
physics physical science | the physical properties, phenomena, and laws of something, he studied the physics of radiation |
earth science | any of the sciences that deal with the earth or its parts |
geophysics geophysical science | geology that uses physical principles to study properties of the earth |
engineering engineering science applied science technology | the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems, he had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study |
computer science computing | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures |
psychology psychological science | the science of mental life |
information science informatics information processing IP | the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information |
cognitive science | the field of science concerned with cognition, includes parts of cognitive psychology and linguistics and computer science and cognitive neuroscience and philosophy of mind |
social science | the branch of science that studies society and the relationships of individual within a society |
politics political science government | the study of government of states and other political units |
home economics home ec domestic science household arts | theory and practice of homemaking |
economics economic science political economy | the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management |
library science | the study of the principles and practices of library administration |
Christian Science | religious system based on teachings of Mary Baker Eddy emphasizing spiritual healing |
military science | the discipline dealing with the principles of warfare |
film cinema celluloid | a medium that disseminates moving pictures, theater pieces transferred to celluloid, this story would be good cinema, film coverage of sporting events |
fiction | a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact |