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DRY PLATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dry plate mean?
• DRY PLATE (noun)
The noun DRY PLATE has 1 sense:
1. a former photographic method that used a glass plate coated with a light-sensitive gelatinous emulsion
Familiarity information: DRY PLATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A former photographic method that used a glass plate coated with a light-sensitive gelatinous emulsion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
dry plate; dry plate process
Hypernyms ("dry plate" is a kind of...):
photography (the process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces)
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