| film festival | a cinematic festival that features films (usually films produced during the past year) |
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 |
| radio observation | an observation made with a radio telescope |
| clock radio | a radio that includes a clock that can be set to turn it on automatically |
control
controller | a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine, the speed controller on his turntable was not working properly, I turned the controls over to her |
| disk controller | (computer science) a circuit or chip that translates commands into a form that can control a hard disk drive |
| 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 |
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 |
omnirange
omnidirectional range
omnidirectional radio range | a navigational system consisting of a network of radio beacons that provide aircraft with information about exact position and bearing |
| 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) |
| push-button radio | a radio receiver that can be tuned by pressing buttons |
radar
microwave radar
radio detection and ranging
radiolocation | measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects |
radio
wireless | a communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves |
radio antenna
radio aerial | omnidirectional antenna comprising the part of a radio receiver by means of which radio signals are received |
radio beacon
beacon | a radio station that broadcasts a directional signal for navigational purposes |
| radio chassis | a chassis for a radio receiver |
| radio compass | a direction finder that gives a bearing by determining the direction of incoming radio signals |
| radio interferometer | radio telescope that uses interference patterns from two antennas instead of a parabolic antenna |
radio link
link | a two-way radio communication system (usually microwave), part of a more extensive telecommunication network |
radio-phonograph
radio-gramophone | electronic equipment consisting of a combination of a radio receiver and a record player |
radio receiver
receiving set
radio set
radio tuner
wireless | an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals |
| radio station | station for the production and transmission of AM or FM radio broadcasts |
radio telescope
radio reflector | astronomical telescope that picks up electromagnetic radiations in the radio-frequency range from extraterrestrial sources |
| radio transmitter | transmitter that is the part of a radio system that transmits signals |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| radio brightness | the strength of a radio wave picked up by a radio telescope |
| radio frequency | an electromagnetic wave frequency between audio and infrared |
imagination imaginativeness
vision | the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses, popular imagination created a world of demons, imagination reveals what the world could be |
sight
vision visual sense
visual modality | the ability to see, the visual faculty |
| achromatic vision | vision using the rods |
| binocular vision | vision involving the use of both eyes |
| central vision | vision using the fovea and parafovea, the middle part of the visual field |
color vision
chromatic vision
trichromacy | the normal ability to see colors |
| distance vision | vision for objects that afeet or more from the viewer |
| foveal vision | vision with the fovea |
| monocular vision | vision with only one eye |
| near vision | vision for objects feet or closer to the viewer |
night vision
night-sight
scotopic vision
twilight vision | the ability to see in reduced illumination (as in moonlight) |
daylight vision
photopic vision | normal vision in daylight, vision with sufficient illumination that the cones are active and hue is perceived |
| peripheral vision | vision at the edges of the visual field using only the periphery of the retina |