polaroid.
A sheet of plastic embedded with microscopic crystals of herapathite or similarly acting material, so that light passing through it is polarized.
Meaning & usage
A sheet of plastic embedded with microscopic crystals of herapathite or similarly acting material, so that light passing through it is polarized.
Spectacles made with lenses of this material, once used to view certain 3-D movies, now used as sunglasses.
A camera that develops its own film.
A print from such a camera.
Where this word comes from
A genericization of the trademark Polaroid, owned by Polaroid Corporation.
To photograph with a polaroid camera.
Where this word comes from
A genericization of the trademark Polaroid, owned by Polaroid Corporation.
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