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roll film

noun

, Photography.
  1. a strip of film with space for several exposures, packaged on a spool in roll form so as to permit daylight loading and unloading and ease of handling.


roll film

noun

  1. a length of photographic film backed with opaque paper and rolled on a spool
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of roll film1

First recorded in 1890–95
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Example Sentences

That film, The Last Waltz, is widely considered the best rock-and-roll film ever made.

It resembles one of the small views in a series of moving pictures—a single view of a roll-film.

That would be true of every picture taken and is true of virtually every camera—every roll-film type camera.

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