PHOTOGRAPHIC EMULSION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A light-sensitive coating on paper or film; consists of fine grains of silver bromide suspended in a gelatin

Synonyms:

emulsion; photographic emulsion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("photographic emulsion" is a kind of...):

coat; coating (a thin layer covering something)

Meronyms (substance of "photographic emulsion"):

silver nitrate (a nitrate used in making photographic emulsions; also used in medicine as a cautery and as a topical antibacterial agent)

silver bromide (a bromide that darkens when exposed to light; used in making photographic emulsions)