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Polaroid
[ poh-luh-roid ]
- a brand of material for producing polarized light from unpolarized light by dichroism, consisting typically of a stretched sheet of colorless plastic treated with an iodine solution so as to have long, thin, parallel chains of polymeric molecules containing conductive iodine atoms. It is used widely in optical and lighting devices to reduce glare.
- Also called Polaroid Camera, the first brand of instant camera, developed by Edwin H. Land and marketed since 1948.
- Also called Polaroid print. a print made by such a camera.
Polaroid
/ ˈəʊəˌɔɪ /
noun
- a type of plastic sheet that can polarize a transmitted beam of normal light because it is composed of long parallel molecules. It only transmits plane-polarized light if these molecules are parallel to the plane of polarization and, since reflected light is partly polarized, it is often used in sunglasses to eliminate glare
- Polaroid Land Cameraany of several types of camera yielding a finished print by means of a special developing and processing technique that occurs inside the camera and takes only a few seconds to complete
- plural sunglasses with lenses made from Polaroid plastic
adjective
- of, relating to, using, or used in a Polaroid Land Camera
Polaroid film
Example Sentences
It’s like a Polaroid of a candid moment — wasn’t posed in any way.
She was given a Polaroid camera when she was seven or eight and instantly began taking photos of her friends, family and neighbours.
A board was spangled with Polaroids of its members, who numbered more than two dozen as of October.
Investigations into Liam’s death so far have revealed that the “Polaroid” singer appeared to be alone and under the influence of drugs when he fell, Argentine officials said Thursday.
Accompanying Georgia May’s Instagram announcement were a series of Polaroids featuring the first-time parents and their newborn son, who wore socks with red hearts.
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