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bromoil

noun

Etymology

Blend of bromide + oil.

  1. derived from ἔλαιον — “olive oil”
  2. derived from oleum — “oil, olive oil”
  3. derived from olie
  4. inherited from oyle
  5. compounded as bromoil — “bromide + oil”

Definitions

  1. An early photographic process that starts with a normally developed print exposed onto a…

    An early photographic process that starts with a normally developed print exposed onto a silver-bromide paper that is then chemically bleached, hardened, and fixed.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bromoil. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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