Sensitize
['sensɪtaɪz] or ['sɛnsətaɪz]
Definition
(verb.) make sensitive or aware; 'He was not sensitized to her emotional needs'.
(verb.) make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion; 'sensitize the photographic film'.
(verb.) make sensitive to a drug or allergen; 'Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen'.
(verb.) cause to sense; make sensitive; 'She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society'; 'My tongue became sensitized to good wine'.
Edited by Alison--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To render sensitive, or susceptible of being easily acted on by the actinic rays of the sun; as, sensitized paper or plate.
Typed by Freddie
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. (Photography.) Make sensitive to light.
Edited by Janet
Examples
- A clean plate of glass is coated with collodion sensitized with iodides of potassium, etc. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- This plate of heavy glass containing the several negatives is placed with the sensitized metal in a printing frame. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The light passes through the clear part of the negative, the solid parts prevent the passage of light; thus we have the light acting chemically on the sensitized surface. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In 1856 Norris produced sensitized dry films of collodion or gelatine (British patent No. 2,029, of 1856). Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- This screen is placed between the lens and the sensitized plate which is to be the negative. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The print is then dried and heated over a stove which bakes the sensitized solution to the metal. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The gelatine is there to afford lodgment to this sensitized silver. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Typist: Michael