short-stop bath
- noun
- Specialized
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baño de detención
- After developing the film, she immediately placed it in the short-stop bath to halt the chemical reaction.
Examples
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It is important to prepare the short-stop bath using the correct concentration of acetic acid.
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The technician replaced the exhausted short-stop bath to ensure consistent photographic results.
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The photographer prepared a short-stop bath for the film.
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A short-stop bath is essential in film development.
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After developing the film, she immediately placed it in the short-stop bath to halt the chemical reaction.
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It is important to prepare the short-stop bath using the correct concentration of acetic acid.
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The technician replaced the exhausted short-stop bath to ensure consistent photographic results.
Synonyms
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7.4
A weak acid liquid used to stop the chemical that makes an image on film or photo paper
A liquid used after developing film to stop the chemical reaction
Surface Forms
Morphology
short-stop + bath
The elements 'stop' and 'bath' give a partial clue — a bath that stops or halts a process — so a learner could infer it is a liquid used to stop something. However the compound 'short-stop' is not a common everyday phrase and the specific photographic, acidic function (halting development before fixing) is specialized and not fully predictable to a B1 learner, making the expression only partially transparent.
Etymology
The name short-stop bath comes from darkroom work: after developing film you put it into a short, acidic bath to stop the chemical action quickly. So the name explains why it means 'an acid solution used to stop film development'.