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solarize
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb solarize has 4 senses
- solarize(v = verb.perception) solarise - reverse some of the tones of (a negative or print) and introduce pronounced outlines of highlights, by exposing it briefly to light, then washing and redeveloping it; Array is one way to develop
- solarize(v = verb.perception) solarise - become overexposed; "The film solarized" is one way to change
- solarize(v = verb.perception) solarise - overexpose to sunlight; "be careful not to solarize the photographic film" is one way to overexpose
- solarize(v = verb.perception) insolate, solarise, sun - expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun; "insolated paper may turn yellow and crumble"; "These herbs suffer when sunned" is one way to expose
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Derived form noun solarization1
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CIDE DICTIONARY
solarize, v. t.
To injure by too long exposure to the light of the sun in the camera; to burn. [1913 Webster]
solarize, v. i.
To become injured by undue or too long exposure to the sun's rays in the camera; -- an older term now replaced by overexpose . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
solarize, v.intr. & tr. (also -ise) Photog. undergo or cause to undergo change in the relative darkness of parts of an image by long exposure.
Derivative
solarization n.
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