Bloom or blooming may refer to:
Science and technology
Biology
* Bloom, one or more
flower
A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Angiospermae). The biological function of a flower is to facilitate reproduction, usually by providing a mechanism ...
s on a flowering plant
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Algal bloom
An algal bloom or algae bloom is a rapid increase or accumulation in the population of algae in freshwater or marine water systems. It is often recognized by the discoloration in the water from the algae's pigments. The term ''algae'' encompas ...
, a rapid increase or accumulation in the population of algae in an aquatic system
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Jellyfish bloom, a collective noun for a large group of jellyfish
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Epicuticular wax
Epicuticular wax is a coating of wax covering the outer surface of the plant cuticle in land plants. It may form a whitish film or bloom on leaves, fruits and other plant organs. Chemically, it consists of hydrophobic organic compounds, mainly s ...
bloom, a whitish haze due to small crystals of wax, occurring on the surface of many fruits
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Bloom syndrome
Bloom syndrome (often abbreviated as BS in literature) is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder characterized by short stature, predisposition to the development of cancer, and genomic instability. BS is caused by mutations in the '' BLM'' ge ...
, autosomal recessive human genetic disorder that predispose patient to a wide variety of cancer
Computing
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Bloom filter
A Bloom filter is a space-efficient probabilistic data structure, conceived by Burton Howard Bloom in 1970, that is used to test whether an element is a member of a set. False positive matches are possible, but false negatives are not – in ...
, a probabilistic method to find a subset of a given set
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Bloom (shader effect)
Bloom (sometimes referred to as light bloom or glow) is a computer graphics effect used in video games, demos, and high-dynamic-range rendering (HDRR) to reproduce an imaging artifact of real-world cameras. The effect produces fringes (or feathe ...
, a graphics effect used in modern 3D computer games
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Bloom (software), a generative music application for the iPhone and iPod Touch
Art conservation
* Wax bloom, an efflorescence of wax or stearic acid affecting
oil pastels
An oil pastel is a painting and drawing medium formed into a stick which consists of pigment mixed with a binder mixture of non-drying oil and wax. They differ from other pastel sticks which are made with a gum or methyl cellulose binder, and ...
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Saponification in art conservation, a chalky white efflorescence on old oil paintings
* Bloom, pigment migration from wetter to drier surfaces of a
watercolor painting
Watercolor (American English) or watercolour (British English; see spelling differences), also ''aquarelle'' (; from Italian diminutive of Latin ''aqua'' "water"), is a painting method”Watercolor may be as old as art itself, going back to ...
Other science and technology
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Bloom (bloomery)
A bloomery is a type of metallurgical furnace once used widely for smelting iron from its iron oxides, oxides. The bloomery was the earliest form of smelter capable of smelting iron. Bloomeries produce a porous mass of iron and slag called ...
(sponge iron), a porous mass of iron and slag produced in a bloomery
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Bloom (casting)
Semi-finished casting products are intermediate castings produced in a steel mill that need further processing before being finished goods. There are four types: ''ingots'', ''blooms'', ''billets'', and ''slabs''.
Ingot
Ingots are large rough ...
, a semi-finished metal casting
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Bloom (sulfur), the migration of sulfur to the exterior of a rubber
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Bloom (test)
Bloom is a test to measure the strength of a gel or gelatin. The test was originally developed and patented in 1925 by Oscar T. Bloom. The test determines the weight in grams needed by a specified plunger (normally with a diameter of 0.5 inch) to ...
, a test to measure the strength of a gel or gelatin
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Blooming (CCD), an effect that happens when a pixel in a CCD image sensor is overloaded
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Blooming (directed-energy weapon)
A directed-energy weapon (DEW) is a ranged weapon that damages its target with highly focused energy without a solid projectile, including lasers, microwaves, particle beams, and sound beams. Potential applications of this technology includ ...
, an effect of laser beams and particle beams in air
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Chocolate bloom
Chocolate bloom is either of two types of whitish coating that can appear on the surface of chocolate: fat bloom, caused by changes in the fat crystals in the chocolate; and sugar bloom, due to crystals formed by the action of moisture on the ...
, appearance of white coating on chocolate
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Thermal blooming, an atmospheric effect on high-energy laser beams
People
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Bloom (surname)
Places
United States
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Bloom, Colorado
Bloom is an extinct town in Otero County, Colorado, United States. The GNIS
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features throughout t ...
, a ghost town
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Bloom, Kansas
Bloom is an unincorporated community in Ford County, Kansas, United States. Its post office closed in 1992. At a 2018 estimate, the community had a population of 94.
History
Bloom was established by Thomas J. Vanderslice and Samuel O. Albright ...
, an unincorporated community
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Bloom, Wisconsin
Bloom is a town in Richland County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 487 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Bloom City and West Lima are located within the Town of Bloom. The unincorporated community of Ash Rid ...
, a town
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Bloom City, Wisconsin
Bloom City is an unincorporated community located, in the town of Bloom
Bloom or blooming may refer to:
Science and technology Biology
* Bloom, one or more flowers on a flowering plant
* Algal bloom, a rapid increase or accumulation in the ...
, an unincorporated community
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Blooming, Oregon
Blooming is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Oregon, United States near the Tualatin River, about two miles south of Cornelius. Its elevation is 190 feet (58 m). There are several plant nurseries in the area.
The Blooming area ...
, an unincorporated community
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Bloom Creek (disambiguation) Bloom Creek may refer to:
* Bloom Creek (Madden Creek tributary), a stream in Missouri
* Bloom Creek (South Dakota), a stream in South Dakota
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Bloom's Lake
Bloom's Lake is a lake in Chisago County, Minnesota, in the United States.
Bloom's Lake was named for Gustaf Bloom, an early Swedish settler.
See also
*List of lakes in Minnesota
This is a list of lakes of Minnesota. Although promoted as the " ...
, a lake in Minnesota
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Bloom Township (disambiguation) Bloom Township may refer to:
* Bloom Township, Cook County, Illinois
* Bloom Township, Clay County, Kansas
* Bloom Township, Ford County, Kansas
* Bloom Township, Osborne County, Kansas, in Osborne County, Kansas
* Bloom Township, Nobles County, ...
Arts and entertainment
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''Bloom'' (novel), a 1998 science fiction novel by Wil McCarthy
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''Bloom'' (2003 film), award-winning Irish film
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''Bloom'' (2021 film), a 2021 Tamil short film
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''Bloom'' (TV series), a 2019 Australian TV series
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Bloom (''Winx Club''), the main character of the ''Winx Club'' animated series
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Bloom County
''Bloom County'' is an American comic strip by Berkeley Breathed which originally ran from December 8, 1980, until August 6, 1989. It examined events in politics and culture through the viewpoint of a fanciful small town in Middle America, wh ...
'', American comic strip by Berkeley Breathed
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The Brothers Bloom
''The Brothers Bloom'' is a 2008 American caper comedy-drama film written and directed by Rian Johnson. The film stars Rachel Weisz, Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo, Rinko Kikuchi, Maximilian Schell, and Robbie Coltrane. The film went into wide rele ...
'', a 2009 movie
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Bloom.fm, a former music application and streaming service
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Bloom (music venue), an alternative music club in Mezzago, Italy
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Bloom (mod), 2019 game mod created by Bloom Team
Music
Artists
* Bloom, one of the many stage names of Dutch singer
Bloem de Ligny
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Bloom 06, Italian electronic duo
Albums
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''Bloom'' (Billy Pilgrim album), 1995
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''Bloom'' (Audio Adrenaline album), 1996
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''Bloom'' (Tasmin Archer album), 1996
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''Bloom'' (Beach House album), 2012
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''Bloom'' (Caligula's Horse album), 2015
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''Bloom'' (Jeff Coffin album), 2005
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''Bloom'' (Gabriel & Dresden album), 2004
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''Bloom'' (Eric Johnson album), 2005
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''Bloom'' (Lights & Motion album), 2018
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''Bloom'' (Machine Gun Kelly album), 2017
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''Bloom'' (The McDades album), 2006
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''Bloom'' (Lou Rhodes album), 2007
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''Bloom'' (RÜFÜS album), 2016
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''Bloom'' (Troye Sivan album), 2018
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''Bloom'' (G.NA EP), 2012
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''Bloom'' (Of Mice & Men EP), 2021
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''Bloom'' (Red Velvet album), 2022
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''Blooming'' (album), album by Ami Suzuki, 2010
Songs
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"Bloom" (The Paper Kites song), 2010
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"Bloom" (Gain song), 2012
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"Bloom" (Troye Sivan song), 2018
* "Bloom", by Between the Buried and Me from ''
The Parallax II: Future Sequence'', 2012
* "Bloom", by Caligula's horse from ''
Bloom'', 2015
* "Bloom (Return to Dust)", by Code Orange from ''
Love Is Love/Return to Dust
''Love Is Love/Return to Dust'' is the debut album by the American hardcore punk band Code Orange Kids. The album was released on November 20, 2012 through Deathwish Inc. A music video for the song "Flowermouth (The Leech)" was released in Octobe ...
'', 2012
* "Bloom", by Gigolo Aunts from ''
Full-On Bloom'', 1991
* "Bloom", by Radiohead from ''
The King of Limbs
''The King of Limbs'' is the eighth studio album by the English rock band Radiohead. It was self-released on 18 February 2011 as a download, followed by a physical release on 28 March through XL Recordings internationally and TBD Records in N ...
'', 2011
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(ocean) bloom
''Blue Planet II'' is a 2017 British nature documentary series on marine life produced by the BBC Natural History Unit. Like its predecessor, ''The Blue Planet'' (2001), it is narrated and presented by naturalist David Attenborough, Sir David At ...
", Radiohead and Hans Zimmer's 2017 reworking of the song that was recorded for television series ''Blue Planet II''
* "Bloom", by Scale the Summit from ''
Carving Desert Canyons'', 2009
* "Bloom", by Turnover from ''
Magnolia
''Magnolia'' is a large genus of about 210 to 340The number of species in the genus ''Magnolia'' depends on the taxonomic view that one takes up. Recent molecular and morphological research shows that former genera ''Talauma'', ''Dugandiodendro ...
'', 2013
* "Blooming", by Band-Maid from ''
Conqueror'', 2019
Organisations
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Bloom (store), a US supermarket chain operated by Food Lion LLC
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Bloom Brothers Department Stores, a defunct chain of department stores in Pennsylvania and Maryland, US
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Bloom Festival, Ireland's largest gardening show
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Bloom's restaurant, England's longest-standing kosher restaurant
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Club Blooming
Club Social, Cultural y Deportivo de Blooming, commonly known as Blooming, is a Bolivian professional football club from Santa Cruz de la Sierra that currently plays in the Bolivian Primera División.
Founded in 1946, its home colours are sky ...
, a football (soccer) club and academy from Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Other uses
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Bloom's taxonomy, a classification of learning objectives
* "Blooming", a less offensive version of the expletive attributive
bloody
See also
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Blum (disambiguation)
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Blume (disambiguation)
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Bloomberg (disambiguation) Bloomberg may refer to:
People
* Daniel J. Bloomberg (1905–1984), audio engineer
* Georgina Bloomberg (born 1983), professional equestrian
* Michael Bloomberg (born 1942), American businessman and founder of Bloomberg L.P.; politician and ...
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Bloomfield (disambiguation)
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Blumenthal (disambiguation)
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Bloomer (disambiguation)
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