Halation

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A blurring or spreading of light around bright areas on a photographic image.
  • n. A glow around a bright object on a television screen.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The action of light surrounding some object as if making a halo.
  • n. The blurring of light around a bright area of a photographic image, or on a television screen.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An appearance as of a halo of light, surrounding the edges of dark objects in a photographic picture.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In photography, the effect of excess of light, or of adventitious reflected light, on some part of a negative, as when an interior view includes a window the light-rays from which produce a fog which spreads over the neighboring parts of the picture, or when light is reflected from the back of the plate.
    • Word Usage
    ""halation" of star photographs can be prevented by pouring over the back of the plate a film of collodion suitably stained."
     
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