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[en-lahr-jer]

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noun Photography.

an apparatus used for making projection prints, having a head for holding, illuminating, and projecting a film negative and a bed for holding a sheet of sensitized printing paper.

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Origin:
1535–45, for an earlier sense; enlarge + -er¹

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sound recorded on and subsequently played back from an optical or photographic soundtrack, as opposed to a magnetic soundtrack

fitting speech to film already shot, making a closed loop of one scene and repeatedly projecting it while speech is recorded to synchronize with the film

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enlarger (ɪnˈlɑːdʒə)

—n
	an optical instrument for making enlarged photographic prints in which a negative is brightly illuminated and its enlarged image is focused onto a sheet of sensitized paper

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enlarger

in photography, device for producing a photographic print or negative larger than the original negative or transparency. The enlarger consists of a projection system, or head assembly, mounted on a horizontal base. The head assembly includes an enclosed light source, a holder for positioning and flattening the negative, a lens for projecting the image onto the base (which holds the paper), and a mechanism for focusing the image. The head assembly may be raised or lowered to adjust the size of the print.

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