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Solarize

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To affect by exposing to the sun's rays.

verb-intransitive. To be overexposed. Used of photographic film.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To subject to solarization.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To injure by too long exposure to the light of the sun in the camera; to burn.

verb-intransitive. To become injured by undue or too long exposure to the sun's rays in the camera; -- an older term now replaced by overexpose.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

In photography, to become injured by too long exposure to the action of light.

To affect by sunlight: modify in some way by the action of solar rays.

In photography, to affect injuriously by exposing too long to light.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. reverse some of the tones of (a negative or print) and introduce pronounced outlines of highlights, by exposing it briefly to light, then washing and redeveloping it

v. overexpose to sunlight

v. become overexposed

v. expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun

Word Usage

"These would be solar cells at the price of tissue paper — literally, and when embedded in everything we could solarize things and get I estimate 30% of our power from solar energy."

Verb Form

solarized solarizes solarizing

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

develop overexpose change expose

Variant

overexpose

Form

solarized solarizing

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

burn