eastman (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Eastman*:
NOUN	person	Eastman, George Eastman	United States inventor of a dry-plate process of developing photographic film and of flexible film (his firm introduced roll film) and of the box camera and of a process for color photography (1854-1932)

Eastman > pronunciation
Sounds	iy'stmahn
Rhymes	Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn...

English > *Eastman*: 1 sense > noun 1, person
Meaning	United States inventor of a dry-plate process of developing photographic film and of flexible film (his firm introduced roll film) and of the box camera and of a process for color photography (1854-1932).
Synonym	George Eastman
Instance of	industrialist	someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise
Instance of	inventor, discoverer, artificer	someone who is the first to think of or make something
Spanish	George Eastman
Catalan	George Eastman

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