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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Bromide #161888 09/04/2006 10:57 AM Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1 ketanm stranger ketanm stranger Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1 I thought the word "Bromide" meant a photographic plate/positive print used for printing on photopaper! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Bromide #161889 09/05/2006 8:40 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland This is correct, too - but here it's yet another salt of hydrobromic acid, namely silver bromide, the main light-sensitive ingredient of classical photographic films, plates and paper. Before the advent of digital photography, artists didn't need to specify it, but now those who stick to the old technology generally do. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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