(げんぞうえき)

げんぞうえき
noun
developer; developing solution
technicaltechnology
1. developer; developing solution (photography)
The chemical solution used to develop exposed photographic film or paper, turning the latent image into a visible one.
現像液(げんぞうえき)(ひた)
soak it in developer
フィルム現像液(げんぞうえき)につける。
put the film into the developer
carefully control the temperature of the developer in the darkroom

Composed of 現像(げんぞう) (photo developing) + (えき) (liquid).

Common collocations

Similar words

  • 定着液(ていちゃくえき): fixer — the solution used after the developer to stabilize the image
  • 現像(げんぞう): developing — the process itself, not the chemical