solarization

indénombrable

A noun referring to the process of exposing something to the rays of the sun, often used in contexts such as photography, agriculture, or materials science.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant le processus d'exposition de quelque chose aux rayons du soleil, utilisé notamment dans des contextes comme la photographie, l'agriculture ou la science des matériaux.

1. Exposure to sunlight C1 formal

   The process of exposing something to the rays of the sun, often for sterilization, bleaching, or drying.

   • Solarization of the soil helps kill harmful pathogens.
   • The fabric's color faded due to prolonged solarization.
   • Farmers use solarization to prepare fields for planting.

   🇫🇷Exposition au soleil

   Synonymes: insolation

2. Photographic effect C2 formal

   A photographic technique where the image is partially reversed in tone due to extreme overexposure to light.

   • The artist used solarization to create a surreal effect in the portrait.
   • Solarization in photography was popularized by Man Ray.
   • The darkroom process of solarization requires precise timing.

   🇫🇷Solarisation en photographie

• solarizations plural form
• solarizations' possessive plural form
• solarization's possessive singular form