latent image

noun

Photography.

1. an invisible image, produced on a sensitized emulsion by exposure to light, that will emerge in development.

latent image

noun

1. photog the invisible image produced by the action of light, etc, on silver halide crystals suspended in the emulsion of a photographic material. It becomes visible after development

Example Sentences

The acidity of the beer, combined with the added ingredients, creates a solution that can reveal the latent image on the film.

From BBC

"Then, you can develop that latent image into a real image by attaching another material, silver, afterwards. In this way implosion fabrication can create all sorts of structures, including gradients, unconnected structures, and multimaterial patterns,"

From Fox News

"It's a bit like film photography -- a latent image is formed by exposing a sensitive material in a gel to light," said Daniel Oran, an MIT graduate student, and one of the paper's lead authors, in a statement.

From Fox News

You hold the developer of that and flow it across the plate, move it around until you’re seeing the latent image .

From Washington Times

The development of the latent image by mercury subliming was the most marvellous and unlooked-for part of the process, and it was for that all-important thing that Daguerre was entirely indebted to chance.

From Project Gutenberg