Bloom

Bloom or blooming may refer to:

Science and technology

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, autosomal recessive human genetic disorder that predispose patient to a wide variety of cancer

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

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

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 air
Chocolate bloom, appearance of white coating on chocolate
Thermal blooming, an atmospheric effect on high-energy laser beams

Bloom (novel), a 1998 science fiction novel by Wil McCarthy
Bloom (film), award-winning Irish film
Bloom (TV series), a 2019 Australian TV series
Bloom (Winx Club), the main character of the Winx Club animated series
Bloom County, American comic strip by Berkeley Breathed
Club Blooming, a football (soccer) club and academy from Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
The Brothers Bloom, a 2009 movie
Bloom.fm, a former music application and streaming service
Bloom (music venue), an alternative music club in Mezzago, Italy

"Bloom" (Gigolo Aunts song), 1991
"Bloom" (The Paper Kites song), 2010
"Bloom" (Gain song), 2012
"Bloom" (Troye Sivan song), 2018
"Bloom", a song by Radiohead from the album The King of Limbs
"Bloom", a song by Scale the Summit from the album Carving Desert Canyons
"Bloom", a song by Caligula's horse, first track from the album Bloom mentioned above, 2015
"Bloom", a song by Between the Buried and Me from the album The Parallax II: Future Sequence
"Blooming", a song by Band-Maid from the album Conqueror

Bloom (store), a US supermarket chain operated by Food Lion LLC
Bloom Brothers Department Stores, a defunct chain of department stores in Pennsylvania and Maryland, US
Bloom Festival, Ireland's largest gardening show
Bloom's restaurant, England's longest-standing kosher restaurant