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developing

developing

1 5.7
The process of treating film with chemicals to make a picture visible
  • noun
  • /dɪˈvɛləpɪŋ/
  • Specialized
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Examples

  • Chapter 2: Accelerating Sustainable Development in Developing Countries.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Children's Literature for Developing Curiosity and Imagination

    Academic text (2014)
  • If we are rated at the Developing/Needs Improvement level, then we identify what is needed to move to the Proficient level.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Developing, arranging, and composing skills, for example, can make one a more effective professional as well as yield personal satisfaction.

    Academic text (2006)
  • The photographer spent hours in the darkroom, carefully developing the film to reveal the captured images.

  • After developing the film, she was excited to see the photographs from her vacation.

  • He learned that developing photos requires precise timing and the right chemicals.

Synonyms

development
vsdeveloping
  • Specialized
31 4.2

The process that makes a picture appear on film

is the verb form used for the same process rather than the noun
photofinishing
vsdeveloping
4.8

Developing and printing photos from film or digital files

is limited to the chemical process of making an image visible

Compounds

A country with low income and few factories that is trying to make life better for its people

inward-developing
  • Specialized
7.9

Growing toward the centre so the youngest parts are in the middle

outward-developing
  • Specialized
8.6

Growing from the center to the edge so the middle is older and the edge is newer

How Complex

daguerreotypy
  • Archaic
9.9
developing
  • Specialized
1 5.7

Surface Forms

developing singular
developings plural

Morphology

developing = develop (transparent) = develop + ing

The noun is a gerund formed from the verb 'develop' and names the process of developing photos; meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

The word developing comes from older words meaning 'to unwrap', where the prefix de- means 'remove' and the rest is like envelope ('wrap'). In photography, developing is the chemical 'unwrapping' of a hidden picture so the image becomes visible.