DRY PLATE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A former photographic method that used a glass plate coated with a light-sensitive gelatinous emulsion

Synonyms:

dry plate; dry plate process

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("dry plate" is a kind of...):

photography (the process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces)

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