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stop bath

–noun Photography.
an acid bath or rinse for stopping the action of a developer before fixing a negative or print.
Also called shortstop, shortstop bath.


Origin:
1915–20
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stop bath  
n.  An acid solution used to check the developing process of a photographic negative or print.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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