hypering

Verb

hyper (third-person singular simple present hypers, present participle hypering, simple past and past participle hypered)

1. (transitive) To subject (a film or plate) to photographic hypersensitization, chiefly as a technique in astrophotography.
   • In the last fifteen years more and more amateurs, particularly in the USA, have been hypersensitising (‘hypering’) film to improve its performance. ¶ The hypering process removes moisture from the film and lightly pre-fogs the emulsion to form sites around which grains can form.1995, M[artin] Mobberley, “Auxiliary Equipment” (chapter 6), in Patrick Moore, editor, The Modern Amateur Astronomer, Berlin: Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, page 78
2. (transitive) To expose (an animal) to a disease-causing organism, to promote hyperimmunity.

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