minifilm

English

Etymology

From mini- +‎ film.

Noun

minifilm (plural minifilms)

1. A short film.
   • 2007 May 27, Virginia Heffernan, “The Many Tribes of YouTube”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2016-06-01:

     These gorgeous minifilms feature muscled figures, often shirtless, looking like jewel thieves or Spiderman,^[sic] atop buildings where they skip and leap with such death-defiance and frank grace that it’s hard to keep from calling their sport dance.

   • 2007 September 2, Caryn James, “A Star Without a Charm Offensive”, in The New York Times‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-06-05:

     Yet this stylized minifilm captures some elemental aspects of his career.

2. (radiography) A 10 cm² film used for chest X-rays that requires only 2.0 mrad (as opposed to the standard film of 35 by 42.5 cm, which requires at least 9.2 mrad).

Translations

a short film

• Esperanto: filmeto