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noun
- a transparent celluloid sheet on which a character, scene, etc., is drawn or painted and which constitutes one frame in the filming of an animated cartoon: may be overlapped for change of background or foreground.
noun
- short for celluloid (def. 2b), celluloid (def. 2c)
“celluloid sheet for an animated cartoon,” from celluloid; became current by c.1990 when they became collectible.