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Record 1 1996-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
  • Computer Graphics
  • Applications of Automation
DEF

a photographic image in which the values of light and dark of the original subject are inverted; in a negative, light objects are represented by high densities and dark objects are represented by low densities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
  • Infographie
  • Automatisation et applications
DEF

image photographique dans laquelle les valeurs (ou écarts de luminosité) sont inverses de celles du sujet; dans un négatif en noir et blanc, les blanc sont traduits par des noirs et les noirs par des blancs; les noircissements du cliché sont proportionnels aux impressions lumineuses.

Spanish

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