What is Bloom?
{{wiktionary|bloom}} The term '''bloom''' or '''blooming''' mostly means one or more flowers on a flowering plant. The word may also be used as a [[metaphor]] for young people at the [[peak]] of their [[beauty]] or [[health]]. See also [[Blossom]]. Bloom or Blooming may also mean: __NOTOC__ ==Entertainment== * [[Club Blooming]] is a football (soccer) club and academy from Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. * ''[[Bloom (novel)]]'' is a science fiction novel by Wil McCarthy. * [[Bloom (boutique)]] is a specialty boutique in Newark, Delaware. * ''[[Bloom (movie)]]'' is a 2004 movie based on James Joyce's novel ''Ulysses''. * [[Bloom (band)]] is an Australian trip hop band from the mid-1990s. * ''Bloom'' is the name of several record albums. See [[Bloom (album)]] * [[Bloom (Winx Club)]] is a fictional character from the ''Winx Club'' animated series. == Science == * In [[direct reduced iron]], 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. ** The same term is used for a similar mass of [[iron]] metal produced in the [[finery forge|finery process]]. ** Bloom is also the name for a section of steel, with the dimensions of 630&nbsp;mm wide, 400&nbsp;mm high and 6 m long. Compare with [[billet]] and [[slab]]. * [[Bloom filter]] is a probabilistic method to find a subset of a given set. * [[Charge-coupled device]] bloom is a property of CCD image sensors that causes charge from the potential well of one pixel to overflow into others. * [[Blooming (laser)]] is an effect of laser beams and particle beams in air. See [[Directed-energy weapon#Blooming]] * [[Bloom (test)]] is a test to measure the strength of a gel or gelatin. * [[Bloom (shader effect)]] 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]]. * Bloom is used to refer to the [[glaucous]], bluish appearance of plant surfaces covere