reversal film

American

noun

Photography.

film developed by the reversal process.

reversal film British

noun

photographic film that can be processed to produce a positive transparent image for direct projection, rather than a negative for printing

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Etymology

Origin of reversal film

First recorded in 1930–35

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But the whole picture, with its flashes of desaturated color and reversal film stock, is a visual trip.

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