| 单词 | quarter-plate |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquarter-plate 21. Photography. A thin sheet of metal, glass, or other substance, coated with a light-sensitive film, on which single photographs are taken in larger or older types of camera; a photograph produced in this way. Also (with distinguishing word, as half-plate, quarter-plate, etc.): a standard size of photographic print or negative (see quot. 1907).dry plate: see dry adj. and adv. Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > plates and films > [noun] > plate plate1840 photoplate1871 1840 Penny Cycl. XVIII. 113/2 Thus prepared, the plate is next placed within a camera-obscura..and the delineation of the object is then effected. 1855 T. F. Hardwich Man. Photogr. Chem. 13 We are indebted to Sir John Herschel for the first use of glass plates to receive sensitive Photographic films. 1876 W. de W. Abney Instr. Photogr. (ed. 3) 61 With dry plates, and on some occasions with wet plates, there is another system..of calling forth the invisible image, and this..is known as the ‘alkaline development’. 1907 N.E.D. at Plate A whole-plate measures 81/ 2 × 61/ 2 inches; half-plate (English) 61/ 2 × 43/ 4 inches; (U.S.) 51/ 2 × 41/ 4 inches; quarter-plate, 41/ 4 × 31/ 4 inches. 1937 Discovery Oct. 299/1 The fixing of a photographic plate by desensitisation. 1970 Jrnl. Brit. Astron. Assoc. 81 43 Three plates taken between May 4 and 6, when the Earth was in the plane of the comet's orbit, show a beautifully straight tail about 10° long. 2003 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Dec. 345/2 He was issued a Speed Graphic, a camera that required the insertion and removal of plates. quarter-plate quarter-plate n. a photographic plate measuring 3¼ × 4¼ inches (approx. 8.3 x 10.8 cm); (also) a photograph reproduced from such a plate; frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > plates and films > [noun] > plate > types of screen plate1843 whole plate1850 quarter-plate1854 wet plate1859 stripping-film1885 gelatin dry plate1890 panchromatic1906 1854 Times 3 Mar. 14/2 Includes camera, first-rate double combination quarter plate lens. 1889 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 66 Carriers, to carry quarter plates or lantern-size plates. 1890 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 273 A beginner buying his first quarter-plate outfit. 1997 Countryman Spring 43 Quarter-plate cameras and more recent box cameras complete the collection. < as lemmas |
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