characteristic curve

characteristic curve

noun
Photography. a graph used in sensitometry to show the relationship between exposure time and image density under constant developing conditions.


Origin:
1900–05
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Characteristic curve is always a great word to know.
So is daily. Does it mean:
an abrupt break in the continuity of a scene created by editing out part of a shot or scene
a series of shots from the previous day's shooting, selected by the director to be viewed for possible inclusion in the final version of the film
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characteristic curve
 
n
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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