filmstrip
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3.3
- noun
- /ˈfɪlmˌstrɪp/
- Archaic
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diapositiva
- Mr. Soto uses lots of filmstrips and tapes, and the principal raises his eyebrows when he sees him showing one.
- filmstrips and films
- filmstrips and slides
- filmstrips and videotapes
Examples
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In the 1920s, photographs, slides, and filmstrips commonly were used in classrooms.
Academic text (2015) -
The county agent brought a filmstrip to show to pupils pertaining to the ideas expressed orally.
Academic text (1997) -
Well, in the afternoon, we might show a filmstrip or movie on some social studies topic.
Academic text (1990) -
There was a filmstrip that said the animals who hunt their prey have eyes like that.
Fiction book (1992) -
We also viewed a filmstrip about his beautiful wife, Dolley.
Academic text (1991) -
I'd just seen a filmstrip in biology class about "The Beginnings of Life."
Fiction book (1998) -
A county farm agent, as a resource person in the classroom, showed a filmstrip on proper methods of farming land to prevent soil erosion.
Academic text (1996) -
In our ITV room, it was possible to play videotapes, run computer programs, and even show filmstrips.
Academic text (1999) -
Until recently, the understanding of educational technology brought to mind equipment such as radios, televisions, filmstrips, overhead projectors, cassette players, and video players.
Academic text (2008) -
In science class, we watched a filmstrip that explained the water cycle through a series of detailed images.
Synonyms
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2.5
A thin strip coated with chemicals that react to light for photos
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3.1
A thin strip of material that cameras use to take pictures with light
How Long
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Filmstrip comes from the simple parts film and strip; film is 'thin material that holds photographs' and strip is a 'long, narrow piece'. So a filmstrip is a long strip of pictures made to show in a projector, which is why teachers used them to tell a story with many images.