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scannán — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • diaphragm noun The dome-shaped muscle beneath the lungs that controls breathing.
  • film noun A movie; a sequence of moving images meant to be watched as a narrative or artistic work.
  • membrane noun A thin, flexible layer of tissue that lines or separates parts of an organism.
  • movie noun A film made for entertainment, shown in cinemas or streamed at home.

Senses

scannán is used for these senses in English:

  • caul The thin membrane which covers the lower intestines; the omentum. [from 14th c.]
  • caul The amnion which encloses the foetus before birth, especially that part of it which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth (traditionally considered to be good luck). [from 16th c.]
  • membrane (anatomy, zootomy) A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments.
  • movie (chiefly, North America, AU, NZ) A recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion; a film.

diaphragm — full definition

  1. noun The dome-shaped muscle beneath the lungs that controls breathing.
  2. noun A dome-shaped contraceptive device inserted to cover the cervix.
  3. noun A thin, flexible membrane, such as the vibrating part of a speaker or microphone.

film — full definition

  1. noun A movie; a sequence of moving images meant to be watched as a narrative or artistic work.
  2. noun A thin layer or coating of a substance.
  3. verb To record a scene or event using a camera.

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