enlarger

/in'lɑ:dʤə/

Thân thiện

A photographer uses an enlarger to make a large print from a negative.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A photographic device for making larger prints: An "enlarger" is a piece of equipment used in darkroom photography. It projects light through a photographic negative onto light-sensitive paper, allowing the creation of a print larger than the original negative.

Usage

• The word "enlarger" is a countable noun. It refers specifically to the physical machine used in traditional photographic printing.
• Example:
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Advanced Usage

• "To operate/use an enlarger": This phrase describes the action of working with this piece of equipment.
  • She learned to operate an enlarger during her first photography course.
• "Enlarger head/lens": Refers to specific components of the device.
  • The enlarger head contains the light source and the negative carrier.

Variants and Related Words

• Enlarge (verb): To make something bigger. This is the root verb from which "enlarger" is derived.
  • The software can enlarge a digital image.
• Enlargement (noun): The act of making larger or the resulting larger copy, especially a photographic print.
  • This enlargement shows the details very clearly.

Synonyms

• Projector: While a broader term, in the specific context of a darkroom, an "enlarger" is a type of optical projector.
• Photo enlarger: A more descriptive full term for the device.

Notes

• The term "enlarger" is almost exclusively used in the context of analog (film-based) photography. It is not used for digital image processing, where one would "resize" or "scale up" an image using software.

Học thuật

Noun

1. photographic equipment consisting of an optical projector used to enlarge a photograph