Bloom

Biology • 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 • Jellyfish bloom, a collective noun for a large group of jellyfish • Epicuticular wax bloom, a whitish haze due to small crystals of wax, occurring on the surface of many fruits • Bloom syndrome, an autosomal recessive human genetic disorder that predisposes the patient to a wide variety of cancer Computing • Bloom filter, 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 • BLOOM (language model), 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 Other science and technology • Bloom (bloomery) (sponge iron), a porous mass of iron and slag produced in a bloomery • Bloom (casting), a semi-finished metal casting • Bloom (sulfur), the migration of sulfur to the exterior of a rubber • Bloom (test), a test to measure the strength of a gel or gelatin • Blooming (CCD), an effect that happens when a pixel in a CCD image sensor is overloaded • Blooming (directed-energy weapon), an effect of laser beams and particle beams in the air • Chocolate bloom, the appearance of white coating on chocolate • Thermal blooming, an atmospheric effect on high-energy laser beams == People ==