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Definition of wet plate in English English dictionary
- A plate the film of which retains its sensitiveness only while wet
- Before exposure the plate is immersed in a solution of silver nitrate, and immediately after exposure it is developed and fixed
- The film used in such plates is of collodion impregnated with bromides and iodides
- wet plate process
- wet collodion process, early photographic process in which a glass plate coated with an iodized collodion is dipped into a silver nitrate solution before use
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/ˈwet ˈplāt/ /ˈwɛt ˈpleɪt/
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