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🎞️ A photo strip 🖼️ A row of images
filmstrip

filmstrip

3.4
A row of small images on a screen for choosing pictures
  • noun
  • /ˈfɪlmˌstrɪp/
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  • In the presentation, each slide was displayed as a series of images on the filmstrip at the bottom of the screen.

Examples

  • When scrolling through the filmstrip (at a somewhat fast rate), occasionally a "gray" image was displayed for an instant and then replaced by the correct image preview.

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  • Stacked photos were hidden in both the Grid view and Filmstrip.

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  • Even selecting 4 images in the filmstrip to synchronize them needs 3 seconds.

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  • The teacher used a filmstrip to show the students various historical events.

  • As I browsed through the filmstrip, I found the perfect picture for my project.

How Many

filmstrip
3.4
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18 3.4

Surface Forms

filmstrip singular
filmstrips plural

Morphology

filmstrip = film + strip (semi-transparent) = film + strip

The term is a compound, but here it is extended metaphorically to a digital/graphical row of images rather than a physical strip of film, so learners must generalize the prototype sense.

Etymology

Filmstrip joins film and strip; think of film as a 'line of pictures' and strip as a 'long, narrow piece'. So on screens and in editors a filmstrip is a row of small images you can scroll through to choose a photo or a video frame.