bromide paper

American  

noun

Photography.

1. a fast printing paper coated with an emulsion of silver bromide: used mostly for enlargements.

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bromide paper British  

noun

1. a type of photographic paper coated with an emulsion of silver bromide usually containing a small quantity of silver iodide

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Etymology

Origin of bromide paper

First recorded in 1880–85

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bromide paper

The electrocardiogram is a graphic representation on a photographic film or sensitive bromide paper of the changes of electrical potential during muscular activity.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall

Opposite was a drum covered with bromide paper.

From The Social Gangster by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)

With a clear negative we can have an enlargement made on bromide paper that will be a source of great satisfaction.

From Outdoor Sports and Games by Miller, Claude H.

If a silver bromide paper is used in making the print, a latent image is produced which must be developed as in the case of the negative itself.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William

The ideal negative for contact printing on bromide paper is one without excessive contrasts on the one hand, and without excessive flatness on the other.

From Bromide Printing and Enlarging A Practical Guide to the Making of Bromide Prints by Contact and Bromide Enlarging by Daylight and Artificial Light, With the Toning of Bromide Prints and Enlargements by Tennant, John A.