photographic material
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- noun
- /ˌfoʊtəˈgræfɪk məˈtɪrəl/
- Specialized
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material fotográfico
- Great photographic material, those bursts of white light, the cowboy legs, and enormous horses slicing into the darkness.
Examples
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There is a large range of behavior encompassed here, from public presentations or sales of non-medically-related photographs that were taken and used for commercial or educational purposes without the permission of the subjects, to the stark display of shocking medical photographic material without any effort to obscure the identity of the subject.
Blog text (32) -
Although some of the compounds were already in ruins at the time of the expedition, it is unlikely that limited and heavy photographic materials would have been devoted to recording these rather than those of political importance at the time of the sacking of the city.
Academic text (1997) -
Had Bodeen not provided me with photographic materials, I would have found my own.
Fiction book (2002) -
c) the lack of engagement of former patients with the photographic material.
Academic text (2017) -
Photographic materials are expensive, and the time needed to process the film is often prohibitive in printing applications.
Academic text (1992) -
The photographic materials and systems I've used throughout my career are disappearing at an alarming rate.
Blog text (24) -
It is immediately clear that the photographic material in Arbex's book sets up themes that permeate the rest of the project.
Academic text (2017) -
I also believe that photographic material is, in many respects, immoral due to the brutality and crudeness that it is oftentimes accompanied by.
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No scientist offered the slightest objection to the validity of the photographic material, for all knew and know the cultural feature of cannibalism among the Pakaa-Novas (O Cruzeiro 1961: 194).
Academic text (1997) -
The photographer specialized in using high-quality photographic material to capture stunning images.
Synonyms
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A thin strip coated with chemicals that react to light for photos
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Paper covered with a chemical that changes when it sees light, used to make photos
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A thin strip of material that cameras use to take pictures with light
How Light-Sensitive
- Specialized
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is directly and transparently composed from 'photographic' (relating to photography) + 'material' (a substance), yielding the straightforward meaning 'material used for photography' that matches the provided definition. This adjective+noun pattern is a standard, compositional construction found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Photographic material names pieces of material that are made to be sensitive to light. When light hits them they leave a picture, so the phrase means 'paper or other substances used to make photographs'.