fine-grain

[ fahyn-greyn ]
/ ˈfaɪnˈgreɪn /

adjective Photography.

(of an image) having an inconspicuous or invisible grain.
(of a developer or emulsion) permitting the grain of an image to be inconspicuous or invisible.
Also fine-grained.

Origin of fine-grain

First recorded in 1925–30

Example sentences from the Web for fine-grain

  • For very soft leathers and fine-grain finishes, however, the "bag-tannage" or "bottle tannage" is favoured.

    Animal Proteins |Hugh Garner Bennett

British Dictionary definitions for fine-grain

fine-grain

adjective

photog having or producing an image with grain of inconspicuous size a fine-grain image; a fine-grain developer