noun
Meaning 1
Alternative letter-case form of polaroid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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Standard Lemma guide
Polaroid
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noun
Meaning 2
A sheet of plastic embedded with microscopic crystals of herapathite or similarly acting material, so that light passing through it is polarized.
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noun
Meaning 3
Spectacles made with lenses of this material, once used to view certain 3-D movies, now used as sunglasses.
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Usage: in-plural
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noun
Meaning 4
A camera that develops its own film.
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noun
Meaning 5
A print from such a camera.
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verb
Meaning 6
To photograph with a polaroid camera.
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Usage: ambitransitive, informal
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noun
Meaning 7
(trade mark) a plastic film that can polarize a beam of light; often used in sunglasses to eliminate glare
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: film, plastic film
History
Etymology
A genericization of the trademark Polaroid, owned by Polaroid Corporation.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Hungarian: polaroid fényképezőgép — camera that develops its own film
- Swedish: polaroidkamera — camera that develops its own film
- French: polaroïd — print from such a camera
- Hungarian: polaroid fénykép — print from such a camera
- Swedish: polaroidbild — print from such a camera