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, an autosomal recessive human genetic disorder that predisposes the patient to a wide variety of cancer

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

"Bloom" (The Paper Kites song), 2010
"Bloom" (Gain song), 2012
"Bloom" (Troye Sivan song), 2018
"Bloom", by Between the Buried and Me from The Parallax II: Future Sequence, 2012
"Bloom", by Caligula's Horse from Bloom, 2015
"Bloom (Return to Dust)", by Code Orange from Love Is Love/Return to Dust, 2012
"Bloom", by Gigolo Aunts from Full-On Bloom, 1991
"Bloom", by Of Mice & Men from Echo, 2021
"Bloom", by Poppy from Flux, 2021
"Bloom", by Radiohead from The King of Limbs, 2011
- "(ocean) bloom", Radiohead and Hans Zimmer's 2017 reworking of the song that was recorded for television series Blue Planet II
"Bloom", by Scale the Summit from Carving Desert Canyons, 2009
"Bloom", by Turnover from Magnolia, 2013
"Bloom", by Twice from With You-th, 2024
"Bloom", by The Velvet Teen from Cum Laude!, 2006
"Blooming", by Band-Maid from Conqueror, 2019

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
Club Blooming, a football (soccer) club and academy from Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Bloom (company) an American independent film entertainment company