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latent image n (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) Photog the invisible image produced by the action of light, etc., on silver halide crystals suspended in the emulsion of a photographic material. It becomes visible after development How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The light from your scene actually changes the electrical charge in each silver halide crystal, making an invisible image, or latent image, that is sensitive to film developer (a chemical used to develop film). The database has a total of 258 latent cases; each case includes the latent image, the matching tenprint image, and four sets of minutiae that have been validated by a professional team of latent examiners. Moreover, the latent image as something invisible to the eye until the chemical development process "brings it to light, corresponds to our notion of truth as discoverable. |
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