light table

American  

noun

1. a table that has a translucent top illuminated from below and is used typically for making tracings or examining color transparencies.

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light table British  

noun

1. printing a translucent surface of ground glass or a similar substance, illuminated from below and used for the examination of positive or negative film, and for the make-up of photocomposed pages

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Example Sentences

There, in 1978, the trio sat at the light table next to the wall-to-wall windows in Andujar’s stark white living room and made a plan.

From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2023

United States one dollar bills are seen on a light table at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington in this November 14, 2014.

From Reuters • Nov. 17, 2021

What eased things was Love spotting some little plastic ballerinas that Moscowitz had on a light table.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 19, 2021

A negative would then be placed on a light table, scanned into a computer, and there switched to positive.

From Washington Post • Feb. 22, 2021

One night I left all the X-rays on a light table in the examination room.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos