enlarger

[ en-lahr-jer ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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.

1535–45, for an earlier sense; enlarge + -er ¹

He put the microcopy in an enlarger, and carried the enlarged print with him to the conveyer room.

If the camera possessed by the would-be enlarger is one which focuses from the front, no adaptation of any sort will be required.

But in sober truth, Pope, whether as a gardener or as a poet, required no enlarger or improver of his works.

As a guarantee of good faith we are giving samples of our famous Enlarger away to all well-known Puddin'-owners.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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