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stop bath

stop bath
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [stop bath, bahth]
    • /stɒp bæθ, bɑθ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [stop bath, bahth]
    • /stɒp bæθ, bɑθ/

Definitions of stop bath words

  • noun stop bath an acid bath or rinse for stopping the action of a developer before fixing a negative or print. 1
  • noun stop bath a weakly acidic solution used in photographic processing to stop the action of a developer on a film, plate, or paper before the material is immersed in fixer 0
  • noun stop bath a weak solution of acetic acid used to stop development of photographic prints or film before fixing 0

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Origin of stop bath

First appearance:

before 1915
One of the 14% newest English words
First recorded in 1915-20

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Stop bath

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

stop bath popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 53% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

stop bath usage trend in Literature

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