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internegative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
in-terneg-a-tive
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A specialized type of negative film stock that is part of the intermediate process that goes from an original negative to a release element (most common in the motion picture film post-production process). The material used is itself the same as in an interpositive. The differences is that an IN has a negative image on it, while an IP has a positive image.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English negative English internegative From inter- + negative.

Inflected Forms

internegatives (plural) I.N. (India, abbreviation)

Questions

What does internegative mean?
A specialized type of negative film stock that is part of the intermediate process that goes from an original negative to a release element (most common in the motion picture film post-production process). The material used is itself the same as in an interpositive. The differences is that an IN has a negative image on it, while an IP has a positive image.
Where does internegative come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English negative English internegative From inter- + negative.

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