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wet plates

wet plates is the plural of wet plate.

Meaning of wet plate

Noun

wet plate (plural wet plates)

  1. A plate whose film retains its sensitivity only while wet. The film used in such plates is of collodion impregnated with bromides and iodides. Before exposure the plate is immersed in a solution of silver nitrate, and immediately after exposure it is developed and fixed.

Questions about wet plates

What is wet plates the plural of?
Wet plates is the plural of wet plate.

Words near wet plates in the dictionary

  1. wet pailing
  2. wet pails
  3. wet palette
  4. wet palettes
  5. wet plate
  6. wet plates
  7. wet play
  8. wet porch
  9. wet porches
  10. wet rag
  11. wet rags

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