dry plate
Americannoun
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a glass photographic plate coated with a sensitive emulsion of silver bromide and silver iodide in gelatin.
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Metallurgy. tin plate having patches of dull finish.
Etymology
Origin of dry plate
First recorded in 1855–60
Example Sentences
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Oxymel produced a dry plate that could be kept for days.
From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2014
“You’ll have a new barn in no time,” I said, wiping an already dry plate with a towel.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
Why, I've been using a dry plate, and I think I should have used a wet one.
From Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone or the Picture That Saved a Fortune by Victor [pseud.] Appleton
When the lid is replaced this slide is removed, and as the shutter is made to revolve, the light falls upon whatever portion of the dry plate happens to be opposite the opening.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 by Various
An occasional lone poplar tree developed in the mist as an object on a dry plate develops.
From The Killer by Stewart Edward White
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