Bloom or blooming may refer to:

Science and technology

Biology

* Bloom, one or more

flower Flowers, also known as blooms and blossoms, are the reproductive structures of flowering plants ( angiosperms). Typically, they are structured in four circular levels, called whorls, around the end of a stalk. These whorls include: calyx, m ...

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 fresh water or marine water systems. It is often recognized by the discoloration in the water from the algae's pigments. The term ''algae'' encompass ...

, a rapid increase or accumulation in the population of algae in an aquatic system *

Jellyfish bloom Jellyfish blooms are substantial growths in population of species under the phyla Cnidaria (including several types of jellyfish) and Ctenophora (comb jellies). Blooms may take place naturally as a result of ocean and wind patterns, ecosystem sh ...

, a collective noun for a large group of jellyfish *

Epicuticular wax Epicuticular wax is a waxy coating which covers 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 ...

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'' g ...

, an autosomal recessive human genetic disorder that predisposes the patient to a wide variety of cancer

Computing

Bloom filter In computing, 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 ar ...

, a probabilistic method to find a subset of a given set *

Bloom (shader effect) Bloom (sometimes referred to as light bloom or glow) is a computer graphics effect used in video games, Demo (computer programming), demos, and high-dynamic-range rendering (HDRR) to reproduce an imaging artifact of real-world cameras. The effect ...

, a graphics effect used in modern 3D computer games * Bloom (software), a generative music application for the iPhone and iPod Touch *

BLOOM (language model) BigScience Large Open-science Open-access Multilingual Language Model (BLOOM) is a 176-billion-parameter transformer In electrical engineering, a transformer is a passive component that transfers electrical energy from one electrical circuit ...

, an open-source large language model

Art conservation

* Wax bloom, an efflorescence of wax or stearic acid affecting oil pastels * 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 (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), also ''aquarelle'' (; from Italian diminutive of Latin 'water'), is a painting method"Watercolor may be as old as art itself, going back to the S ...

Other science and technology

Bloom (bloomery) A bloomery is a type of metallurgical furnace once used widely for smelting iron from its oxides. The bloomery was the earliest form of smelter capable of smelting iron. Bloomeries produce a porous mass of iron and slag called a ''bloom''. ...

(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) In polymer chemistry, materials science, and food science, bloom refers to the migration of one component of a solid mixture to the surface of an article. The process is an example of phase separation or phase aggregation. Materials science Blo ...

, the migration of sulfur to the exterior of a rubber *

Bloom (test) Bloom is a test used to measure the strength of a gel, most commonly 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 diame ...

, 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 the 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 ...

, the appearance of white coating on chocolate * Thermal blooming, an atmospheric effect on high-energy laser beams

People

* Bloom (surname)

Places

United States

Bloom, Colorado Bloom is an extinct town located in Otero County, Colorado, United States. The townsite is located at coordinates at an elevation of . History Bloom was originally known as Iron Spring. The Bloom, Colorado, post office operated from April 18 ...

, 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. It is located along U.S. Route 54 highway. History Bloom was established b ...

, 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 Rid ...

, 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 The viola ( , () ) is a string instrument of the violin family, and is usually bowed whe ...

, 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 are ...

, 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 Chisago County ( ) is a County (United States), county in the east-central part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The county covers an area of and, as of the 2020 Census, had a population of ...

, a lake in Minnesota *

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 Coun ...

Arts and entertainment

* ''Bloom'' (musical), a 2023 Australian musical by Tom Gleisner and Katie Weston * ''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, whe ...

'', 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 relea ...

'', a 2009 movie * Bloom.fm, a former music application and streaming service * Bloom (music venue), an alternative music club in Mezzago, Italy *

Bloom (mod) ''Bloom'' is a modification for the first-person shooter video game ''Doom II'', originally developed by id Software. The mod, created by the Spanish indie studio Bloom Team, was released via Mod DB on October 31, 2021. ''Bloom'' combines elemen ...

, 2019 game mod created by Bloom Team

Music

Artists

* Bloom, one of the many stage names of Dutch singer

Bloem de Ligny Bloem de Wilde de Ligny (born 7 July 1978) is a Dutch singer-songwriter, producer, visual artist and musician based in the United Kingdom. de Ligny has released music as a solo artist and as a member of various bands, including Fono & Serafina, Po ...

Bloom 06 Bloom 06 was an Italian electronic music group, composed of two of the original three members of Eiffel 65. They have released two albums, '' Crash Test 01'', ''Crash Test 02'', and two remix EPs, '' Club Test 01'' and '' Club Test 02''. They ha ...

, 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'', 2012 * "Bloom", by Doechii from ''

Alligator Bites Never Heal ''Alligator Bites Never Heal'' is the second mixtape by the American rapper Doechii, released on August 30, 2024, through Top Dawg Entertainment and Capitol Records. It was supported by the singles " Nissan Altima", "Boom Bap", and " Denial Is ...

'', 2024 * "Bloom", by (G)I-dle from '' I Sway'', 2024 * "Bloom", by Gigolo Aunts from '' Full-On Bloom'', 1991 * "Bloom", by Of Mice & Men from ''

Echo In audio signal processing and acoustics, an echo is a reflection of sound that arrives at the listener with a delay after the direct sound. The delay is directly proportional to the distance of the reflecting surface from the source and the lis ...

'', 2021 * "Bloom", by Poppy from ''

Flux Flux describes any effect that appears to pass or travel (whether it actually moves or not) through a surface or substance. Flux is a concept in applied mathematics and vector calculus which has many applications in physics. For transport phe ...

'', 2021 * "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'', ''Dugandiodendr ...

'', 2013 * "Bloom", by Twice from '' With You-th'', 2024 * "Bloom", by The Velvet Teen from '' Cum Laude!'', 2006 * "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, 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 * Bloom (company) an American independent film entertainment company

Other uses

Bloom's taxonomy Bloom's taxonomy is a framework for categorizing Educational aims and objectives, educational goals, developed by a committee of educators chaired by Benjamin Bloom in 1956. It was first introduced in the publication ''Taxonomy of Educational Obje ...

, a classification of learning objectives * "Blooming", a less offensive version of the expletive attributive

bloody ''Bloody'', as an adjective or adverb, is an expletive attributive commonly used in British English, Irish English, New Zealand English and Australian English; it is also present in Canadian English, Indian English, Malaysian/Singaporean ...

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