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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)