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characteristic curve
noun
- Photography. a graph used in sensitometry to show the relationship between exposure time and image density under constant developing conditions.
characteristic curve
noun
- photog a graph of the density of a particular photographic material plotted against the logarithm of the exposure producing this density
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Word History and Origins
Origin of characteristic curve1
First recorded in 1900–05
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