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4 dictionary results for: Solarization
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so·lar·ize       [soh-luh-rahyz] Pronunciation Key verb, -ized, -iz·ing.
–verb (used with object)
1.Photography. to reverse (an image) partially, as from negative to positive, by exposure to light during development.
2.to adapt (a building) to the use of solar energy: We hope to solarize our house within five years.
3.to affect by sunlight.
–verb (used without object)
4.Photography. (of material) to become injured by overexposure.
Also, especially British, so·lar·ise.


[Origin: 1850–55; solar1 + -ize]

so·lar·i·za·tion, noun
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so·lar·ize       (sō'lə-rīz')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   so·lar·ized, so·lar·iz·ing, so·lar·iz·es

v.   tr.
To affect by exposing to the sun's rays.

v.   intr.
To be overexposed. Used of photographic film.

so'lar·i·za'tion (-lər-ĭ-zā'shən) n.
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solarization

noun
exposure to the rays of the sun 

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Solarization

So`lar*i*za"tion\, n. (Photog.) Injury of a photographic picture caused by exposing it for too long a time to the sun's light in the camera; burning; excessive insolation.

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