stop bath
nounPhotography.
an acid bath or rinse for stopping the action of a developer before fixing a negative or print.
Origin of stop bath
1First 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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