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 mechani ...

s on a flowering plant *

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 * Jellyfish bloom, a collective noun for a large group of jellyfish *

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 str ...

bloom, a whitish haze due to small crystals of wax, occurring on the surface of many fruits *

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

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 * Bloom (shader effect), a graphics effect used in modern 3D computer games * 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 *

Saponification in art conservation Saponification is a process of converting esters into soap, soaps and Alcohol (chemistry), alcohols by the action of aqueous alkali (for example, aqueous sodium hydroxide solutions). Soaps are salt (chemistry), salts of fatty acids, which in turn a ...

, a chalky white efflorescence on old oil paintings * Bloom, pigment migration from wetter to drier surfaces of a

watercolor painting Watercolor (American English American English, sometimes called United States English or U.S. English, is the set of variety (linguistics), varieties of the English language native to the United States. English is the Languages of the U ...

Other science and technology

* Bloom (bloomery) (sponge iron), a porous mass of iron and slag produced in a bloomery *

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 * Bloom (sulfur), the migration of sulfur to the exterior of a rubber *

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 *

Blooming (CCD) A charge-coupled device (CCD) is an integrated circuit containing an array of linked, or coupled, capacitors. Under the control of an external circuit, each capacitor can transfer its electric charge to a neighboring capacitor. CCD sensors are a ...

, an effect that happens when a pixel in a CCD image sensor is overloaded *

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 include w ...

, an effect of laser beams and particle beams in air *

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 s ...

, appearance of white coating on chocolate *

Thermal blooming Thermal blooming, also known as thermal lensing, is an atmospheric effect, seen in high energy laser beams; It is the result of the nonlinear interaction of laser radiation with the propagation medium (e.g. air or glass), which is heated by the ab ...

, an atmospheric effect on high-energy laser beams

People

* Bloom (surname)

Places

United States

Bloom, Colorado Bloom is an extinct town in Otero County, Colorado, United States. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place. A post office called Bloom was established in 1913, and remained in operation until 1938. The community was named after Frank G. Bloo ...

, a ghost town *

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. Albrigh ...

, an unincorporated community *

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 Ridge ...

, a town *

Bloom City, Wisconsin Bloom City is an unincorporated community located, in the town of Bloom, in Richland County, Wisconsin, United States. Bloom City is east of Viola ; german: Bratsche , alt=Viola shown from the front and the side , image=Bratsche.jpg , capti ...

, an unincorporated community *

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 *

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 {{Geodis ...

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 *

Bloom Township (disambiguation) Bloom Township may refer to: * Bloom Township, Cook County, Illinois Bloom Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 90,923. Geography According to the United States Census Burea ...

Arts and entertainment

* ''Bloom'' (novel), a 1998 science fiction novel by Wil McCarthy * ''Bloom'' (2003 film), award-winning Irish film * ''Bloom'' (2021 film), a 2021 Tamil short film * ''Bloom'' (TV series), a 2019 Australian TV series * Bloom (''Winx Club''), the main character of the ''Winx Club'' animated series * ''

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 * ''

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 rel ...

'', a 2009 movie *

Bloom.fm Bloom.fm was a London-based mobile-focused music service which combined free streaming genre and artist based radios, music discovery tools, a local library player and a catalogue of over 22 million tracks. The service allowed users to 'borrow' s ...

, a former music application and streaming service * Bloom (music venue), an alternative music club in Mezzago, Italy *

Bloom (mod) ''Bloom'' (sometimes stylized as ''BlooM'') is a Mod (video gaming), mod for id Software's video game ''Doom II.'' It is designed to merge all of the enemies, weapons and environment elements of Monolith Productions' ''Blood (video game), Blood'' ...

, 2019 game mod created by Bloom Team

Music

Artists

* Bloom, one of the many stage names of Dutch singer Bloem de Ligny * Bloom 06, Italian electronic duo

Albums

* ''Bloom'' (Billy Pilgrim album), 1995 * ''Bloom'' (Audio Adrenaline album), 1996 * ''Bloom'' (Tasmin Archer album), 1996 * ''Bloom'' (Beach House album), 2012 * ''Bloom'' (Caligula's Horse album), 2015 * ''Bloom'' (Jeff Coffin album), 2005 * ''Bloom'' (Gabriel & Dresden album), 2004 * ''Bloom'' (Eric Johnson album), 2005 * ''Bloom'' (Lights & Motion album), 2018 * ''Bloom'' (Machine Gun Kelly album), 2017 * ''Bloom'' (The McDades album), 2006 * ''Bloom'' (Lou Rhodes album), 2007 * ''Bloom'' (RÜFÜS album), 2016 * ''Bloom'' (Troye Sivan album), 2018 * ''Bloom'' (G.NA EP), 2012 * ''Bloom'' (Of Mice & Men EP), 2021 * ''Bloom'' (Red Velvet album), 2022 * ''Blooming'' (album), album by Ami Suzuki, 2010

Songs

* "Bloom" (The Paper Kites song), 2010 * "Bloom" (Gain song), 2012 * "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 Octo ...

'', 2012 * "Bloom", by Gigolo Aunts from ''

Full-On Bloom ''Full-On Bloom'' is an EP released in July 1993 by Gigolo Aunts Gigolo Aunts are an American power pop band, who formed in 1981. Biography Early history The band was formed by middle school students Steve Hurley, Dave Gibbs, Phil Hurley, ...

'', 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 Nor ...

'', 2011 ** " (ocean) bloom", 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

* Bloom (store), a US supermarket chain operated by Food Lion LLC *

Bloom Brothers Department Stores Bloom Brothers Department Stores were located at sites in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and Baltimore, Maryland, from the company's founding in 1897 as The Old Reliable Dry Goods Store until the closing of the Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, store in 1 ...

, a defunct chain of department stores in Pennsylvania and Maryland, US * Bloom Festival, Ireland's largest gardening show *

Bloom's restaurant Bloom's restaurant was a kosher Jewish deli restaurant in London. Until its last branch closed in summer 2010, it was the longest-standing kosher restaurant in England, and was well-known beyond the Jewish community. Blooms was under the supervi ...

, England's longest-standing kosher restaurant *

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 bl ...

, a football (soccer) club and academy from Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

Other uses

* Bloom's taxonomy, a classification of learning objectives * "Blooming", a less offensive version of the expletive attributive

bloody ''Bloody'', as an adjective or adverb, is a commonly used expletive attributive in British English, Australian English, Irish English, Indian English and a number of other Commonwealth nations. It has been used as an intensive since at lea ...