Photographic Plate (Noun)
Meaning
A flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- A photographic plate coated with silver bromide was placed inside the camera to capture the solar eclipse.
- She used an antique photographic plate in her artistic experiment, hoping to recreate an image from the 19th century.
- Photographers from the early days used photographic plates instead of digital storage devices.
- This fragile glass photographic plate dated back to 1860, with visible scratches from decades of improper storage.
- For decades, photographic plates had played an important role in mapping astronomical events such as solar eclipses.