fine-grain

[ fahyn-greyn ]

adjectivePhotography.
  1. (of an image) having an inconspicuous or invisible grain.

  2. (of a developer or emulsion) permitting the grain of an image to be inconspicuous or invisible.

Origin of fine-grain

1
First recorded in 1925–30

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British Dictionary definitions for fine-grain

fine-grain

adjective
  1. photog having or producing an image with grain of inconspicuous size: a fine-grain image; a fine-grain developer

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