latensify

American

[lay-ten-suh-fahy] / leɪˈtɛn səˌfaɪ /

verb (used with object)

Photography.

latensified, latensifying

to increase the developability of (the latent image on a film or plate) after exposure.

1935–40; la(tent) + (in)tensify, modeled on latensification, a blend of latent and intensification ( def. )

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