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Kodachrome
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English
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Etymology
A trademark; by surface analysis, en w:Kodak chromo- chrome 1, connoting its selling points: brilliant colors and affordable luxury.
Pronunciation
en En-us-Kodachrome.ogg GA
Proper noun
en photography historical A certain brand of photographic slide film, which is no longer manufactured.
en 1973 Peter Shaffer Equus (play) Equus Act II, Scene 25 81-2 DYSART: ... [Pause.] Then in the morning, I put away my books on the cultural shelf, close up the kodachrome snaps of Mount Olympus, touch my reproduction statue of Dionysus for luck—and go off to hospital to treat him for insanity. Do you see?
Related terms
en Kodak moment
See also
en color photography