stop bath

noun

, Photography.

1. an acid bath or rinse for stopping the action of a developer before fixing a negative or print.

stop bath

noun

1. a weakly acidic solution used in photographic processing to stop the action of a developer on a film, plate, or paper before the material is immersed in fixer

Word History and Origins

Origin of stop bath¹

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

When the timer rang, Fadi reset it for five seconds and used the tongs to pull out the paper and slip it into the indicator stop bath.

From Literature

Into the stop bath, the fixer, the wash.

From Washington Post