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rehalogenize

rehalogenize verb: to restore or replace halogen atoms in a halogenated compound that is used in the emulsion layer of film or photographic paper.

Verb

rehalogenize (third-person singular simple present rehalogenizes, present participle rehalogenizing, simple past and past participle rehalogenized)

  1. To restore or replace halogen atoms in a halogenated compound that is used in the emulsion layer of film or photographic paper.
    • On the other hand, in the uniformly illuminated particle, if the light is powerful enough to rehalogenize the subsalt at all, it will do so uniformly.1897 December, E. A. Robins, “Halation”, in Anthony's Photographic Bulletin, volume 28, number 12, page 272
    • Following the silver dye-bleach, unwanted silver salts are removed in a fixing bath. In some processes this fixer may be preceded by a silver bleach to rehalogenize silver image not oxidized by the dye-bleach.2000, Ralph Jacobson, Sidney Ray, Geoffrey G Attridge, Manual of Photography

Forms of rehalogenize

third-person singular presentrehalogenizes
present participlerehalogenizing
past participlerehalogenized
pastrehalogenized

Origin of rehalogenize

From re- + halogen + -ize.

Questions about rehalogenize

What does rehalogenize mean?
Rehalogenize means to restore or replace halogen atoms in a halogenated compound that is used in the emulsion layer of film or photographic paper.
What part of speech is rehalogenize?
Rehalogenize is a verb.
What is the past tense of rehalogenize?
The past tense of rehalogenize is rehalogenized.

Words near rehalogenize in the dictionary

  1. rehallow
  2. rehallowed
  3. rehallowing
  4. rehallowings
  5. rehallows
  6. rehalogenize
  7. rehalogenized
  8. rehalogenizes
  9. rehalogenizing
  10. rehammer
  11. rehammered

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