in nắng
Definition
- Noun:
- Sun printing, blueprinting: A photographic printing process that uses sunlight to produce images, typically resulting in white lines on a blue background. This term historically refers to the cyanotype process.
- Sun exposure (for printing): The act of exposing a light-sensitive surface to sunlight to create a print.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Bản vẽ kiến trúc cũ thường được sao chép bằng phương pháp in nắng. (Old architectural drawings were often copied using the sun printing method.)
- Quy trình in nắng đòi hỏi giấy được phủ hóa chất nhạy sáng. (The blueprinting process requires paper coated with light-sensitive chemicals.)
Advanced Usage
- "công nghệ in nắng": sun printing technology.
- Công nghệ in nắng giờ đây chủ yếu được dùng trong nghệ thuật. (Sun printing technology is now primarily used in art.)
Variants and Related Words
- Bản in nắng (n): A blueprint, a cyanotype print.
- Anh ấy giữ một bản in nắng của tòa nhà nguyên bản. (He keeps a blueprint of the original building.)
- Giấy in nắng (n): Blueprint paper, paper prepared for cyanotype.
- Giấy in nắng cần được bảo quản trong bóng tối. (Blueprint paper needs to be stored in the dark.)
Synonyms
- Cyanotype: The technical English term for the photographic printing process that produces a cyan-blue print.
- Blueprint: A more common general term for a photographic print, usually white lines on a blue background, especially for technical or architectural drawings.
Notes on Meaning
- The term "in nắng" is specific and technical. In modern, everyday Vietnamese, the simpler word "blueprint" (often used as a borrowed word) or "bản vẽ kỹ thuật" (technical drawing) is more common when referring to the final document, while "in nắng" refers to the historical process itself.
- It is not used to describe general sunbathing or getting a tan; those concepts are expressed by phrases like "phơi nắng" or "tắm nắng".