highly flammable substance made from cellulose nitrate and camphor; used in e.g. motion-picture and X-ray film; its use has decreased with the development of nonflammable thermoplastics

a medium that disseminates moving pictures; theater pieces transferred to celluloid; this story would be good cinema; film coverage of sporting events

[ Syn: film , cinema ]

artificial as if portrayed in a film; a novel with flat celluloid characters

[ Syn: synthetic ]