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
latent image in American English
noun
Photography
an invisible image, produced on a sensitized emulsion by exposure to light, that will emerge in development
Examples of 'latent image' in a sentence
latent image
Latent image - like a hologram, it changes from a '' symbol to the number '1' when seen from different angles ?