stop bath

noun Photography.

an acid bath or rinse for stopping the action of a developer before fixing a negative or print.

Origin of stop bath

First recorded in 1915–20

Also called shortstop, shortstop bath.

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British Dictionary definitions for stop bath

stop bath

noun

a weakly acidic solution used in photographic processing to stop the action of a developer on a film, plate, or paper before the material is immersed in fixer

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Origin of stop bath