PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does photographic material mean? 

• PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIAL (noun)
  The noun PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIAL has 1 sense:

1. light-sensitive paper on which photograph can be printed

  Familiarity information: PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Light-sensitive paper on which photograph can be printed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

photographic material; photographic paper

Hypernyms ("photographic material" is a kind of...):

photographic equipment (equipment used by a photographer)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "photographic material"):

film; photographic film (photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies)

 Context examples 

A photographic material designed to capture an image upon exposure to electromagnetic radiation.

(Film Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)