bipack

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noun

The process of loading two reels of film into a camera, so that they both pass through the camera gate together, formerly used for visual effects and as a subtractive colour process.

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Meanings

nounbipack (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebroadcastingThe process of loading two reels of film into a camera, so that they both pass through the camera gate together, formerly used for visual effects and as a subtractive colour process.
verbbipack (third-person singular simple present bipacks, present participle bipacking, simple past and past participle bipacked)

present singular third person bipacks · participle present bipacking · participle past bipacked · past bipacked

  1. broadcastingTo load two reels of film in this manner.

Origin

From bi- + pack.

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APA

bipack. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bipack

MLA

“bipack.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bipack. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bipack,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bipack.

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