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BASE EMULSION [2 records]

Record 1 2022-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
DEF

In photography, a scratch or mark produced mechanically on an emulsion surface or film base.

OBS

abrasion: designation and definition standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
DEF

En photographie, rayure ou trace produite mécaniquement sur une surface sensible ou un support.

OBS

rayure : désignation et définition normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fotografía
DEF

En fotografía, marca o arañazo producido mecánicamente sobre la superficie de una emulsión o base de la película.

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Record 2 2014-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lithography, Offset Printing and Collotype
DEF

A photographic method of planographic printing based on the fact that grease (ink) and water do not mix.

OBS

Photolithography encompasses all the steps necessary to arrive at the end-item: photographing the copy, developing the negative, making the printing plate and printing the image on stock from the plate.

Key term(s)
  • photo-lithography

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lithographie, offset et phototypie
DEF

Ensemble des procédés d'obtention, par photographie et par copie sur des couches sensibles, de formes d'impression lithographiques ou métallographiques.

Key term(s)
  • photo-lithographie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Litografía, offset y fototipia
DEF

Técnica litográfica en la cual las planchas de piedra se obtienen por fotograbado, generalmente cubriéndolas con una emulsión fotosensible a base de bicromato.

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