Bloom

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The term bloom usually refers to the general expression describing the aesthetic experience of one or more flowers on a flowering plant. Also used as a metaphor for young people at the peak of their beauty or health. See also Blossom.

However, it can also refer to the following:

[edit] Entertainment

• Club Blooming is a football club and academy from Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.
• Bloom is a science fiction novel by Wil McCarthy.
• Bloom is a speciality boutique, located in Newark, Delaware.
• Bloom is a 2004 movie based on James Joyce's novel Ulysses.
• Bloom is an Australian trip hop band from the mid-1990s.
• Bloom: Remix Album is an album by Sarah McLachlan.
• Bloom is the name of several albums, see Bloom (album)
• Bloom is a fictional character from the Winx Club animated series.
• Bloom is one of Audio Adrenaline's album.

[edit] Science

• Bloom is the name for an unconsolidated mass of iron metal, mixed with remains of slag and charcoal that is produced in the 'bloomery' process, i.e. the direct reduction of iron metal from terrestrial ores by smelting. The same term is used for a similar mass of iron metal produced in the finery process.
• Bloom is also the name for a section of steel, with the dimensions of 630mm wide, 400mm high and 6m long. Compare with billet and slab.
• Bloom filter is a probabilistic method to find a subset of a given set.
• CCD Blooming is an effect on CCDs, causing charge from one weel the overflow to another.
• Blooming is an effect of laser beams and particle beams in air. See Directed-energy weapon#Blooming
• Bloom is a test to measure the strength of a gel or gelatin.
• Bloom is a graphics effect used in modern 3D computer games.
• Bloom is also used to refer to the whitish covering which sometimes appears on improperly tempered chocolate.

[edit] Nature

• A bloom can be a large swarm (or "smack") of jellyfish.
• The phenomenon of algal bloom.
• Bloom on fruit such as plums or grapes is a white or bluish covering. Once thought to be wild yeast cells, it is now known to be waxy coverings to the epithelial cells of the fruit, presumably intended to provide some protection from environmental damage.

[edit] People named Bloom

• Allan Bloom (1930-1992), American philosopher & author.
• Benjamin Bloom (1913-1999), American educator.
• Claire Bloom (born 1931), British actor.
• David Bloom (1963–2003), NBC journalist.
• Harold Bloom (born 1930), American literary critic.
• Harry Bloom (1913-1981), South African novelist and activist.
• Luka Bloom (born 1955), Irish musician.
• Matthew Bloom (born 1972), American wrestler.
• Leopold Bloom and Molly Bloom, fictional characters in James Joyce's Ulysses.
• Orlando Bloom (born 1977), English actor.
• Ursula Bloom (1892-1984), English writer.
• Verna Bloom, American actress, best known for role in Animal House

[edit] Business

• Bloom is a U.S. supermarket chain operated by Food Lion LLC.

[edit] See also

• Blum
• Bloombase
• Bloomberg
• Bloomfield
• Blumenthal
• Bloomer