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Meaning of iris



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IRIS - refers to the expression: effect used in the silent film, which consists of a circular seal focused in a certain part of the screen while the rest stays black -

  



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Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

IRIS is a woman of Greek origin and means of beautiful colors. Membrane which makes part of the eye that regulates the entrance of light, to allow a proper vision. Colored part of the eye. In Greek mythology, Iris was sister of the Harpies and maple, daughter of Thaumas and Electra. Arco Iris, Goddess of the sea and the sky, announcing the Covenant of the gods and humans.

  

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IRIS: Disc membranous and colored eye of vertebrates and cephalopods, in whose center is the pupil.

  

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IRIS: asteroid number 7, of the series.

  

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IRIS: Daughter of Taumas and Electra, Messenger of the gods.

  










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