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SILVER BROMIDE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does silver bromide mean?

• SILVER BROMIDE (noun)
The noun SILVER BROMIDE has 1 sense:

1. a bromide that darkens when exposed to light; used in making photographic emulsions

Familiarity information: SILVER BROMIDE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SILVER BROMIDE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A bromide that darkens when exposed to light; used in making photographic emulsions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("silver bromide" is a kind of...):

bromide (any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs)

Holonyms ("silver bromide" is a substance of...):

emulsion; photographic emulsion (a light-sensitive coating on paper or film; consists of fine grains of silver bromide suspended in a gelatin)

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