prefogging
noun
The exposure of a film or other photosensitive surface to light or other radiation of low, uniform intensity, especially in order to sensitize it (by reducing the amount of further exposure needed to form a visible image).
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London.
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- first luff
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- first magistrate
- first man
- first mate
- first matter
- first minister
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- first motion
- first-moving
- first name
- first-naming
- First Nation
- firstness
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- first-nighter
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- first officer
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- first penny