Bloom - Science and Nature

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• Bloom, one or more flowers on a flowering plant
• Algal bloom, a rapid increase or accumulation in the population of algae in an aquatic system
• Bloom (bloomery) (sponge iron), a porous mass of iron and slag produced in a bloomery
• Bloom, a collective noun for a large group of jellyfish
• Bloom (casting), a semi-finished metal casting
• Bloom (shader effect), a graphics effect used in modern 3D computer games
• Bloom (test), a test to measure the strength of a gel or gelatin
• Bloom filter, a probabilistic method to find a subset of a given set
• Blooming (directed-energy weapon), an effect of laser beams and particle beams in air
• Thermal blooming, an atmospheric effect on high-energy laser beams
• Blooming (CCD), an effect that happens when a pixel in a CCD image sensor is overloaded
• Bloom syndrome, autosomal recessive human genetic disorder that predispose patient to a wide variety of cancer
• Epicuticular wax bloom, a whitish haze due to small crystals of wax, occurring on the surface of many fruits
• Wax bloom, an efflorescence of wax or stearic acid affecting materials such as crayons, oil pastels, and wax-based coloured pencils
• Bloom, pigment migration from wetter to drier surfaces of a watercolor painting
• Saponification bloom, a chalky white efflorescence on an old oil painting
• Bloom Energy Server, a home solid oxide fuel cell manufactured by the Bloom Energy company
• Bloom Festival, a gardening show