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PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does photographic plate mean?
• PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATE (noun)
The noun PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATE has 1 sense:
1. a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
Familiarity information: PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
photographic plate; plate
Hypernyms ("photographic plate" is a kind of...):
flat solid; sheet (a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "photographic plate"):
quarter plate (a photographic plate measuring 3.25 inches by 4.25 inches)
Context examples
It involves passing light transmitted through or reflected from the subject through a series of lenses to be detected directly by the eye, imaged on a photographic plate, or captured digitally.
(Light Microscopy, NCI Thesaurus)
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