carbon pro-cess

carbon process

noun
a method of making photographic prints by the use of a pigment, as carbon, contained in sensitized gelatin.

Origin:
1875–80

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carbon process or carbon printing
 
n
a photographic process for producing positive prints by exposing sensitized carbon tissue to light passing through a negative. Washing removes the unexposed gelatine leaving the pigmented image in the exposed insoluble gelatine
 
carbon printing or carbon printing
 
n

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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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