stand developmentn.
/ˈstand dᵻˌvɛləpm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈstæn(d) dəˌvɛləpmənt/ 1. Photography. A method of developing photographs in which film is immersed in a diluted developing solution for an extended period of time.
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1898 Launceston (Tasmania) Examiner 25 June 3/4 With the ‘stand’ development, preferably a weak hydroquinone or metol solution is used, and the negative left in it for a lengthened time.
1906 Westm. Gaz. 30 June 14/2 Stand development, a method by which, say, a dozen plates may be developed together. Stand development is usually associated with the use of very dilute solutions, and subjecting the plates to these for an increased time.
2019 @yeahmikeyshotme 7 Feb. in twitter.com (accessed 8 Sept. 2019) Analog photography is still alive... Going to use stand development on the Kodak Portra 400.
2. Ecology. The changes that occur in a stand (stand n.1 38) over time as individual plants grow and die at different rates.
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1917 Plant World 20 271 Ferns and certain flowering plants become the conspicuous herbaceous plants of the hardwood slope type in which balsam fir is reported as attaining its best individual development although the best stand development occurs in the flat type.
2008 B. C. McComb Wildlife Habitat Managem. xi. 175 In intensively managed stands, defective or diseased trees may be thinned early in stand development.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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