51³Ō¹Ļ

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solarize

especially British, ²õ“ĒĀ·±ō²¹°łĀ·¾±²õ±š

[soh-luh-rahyz]

verb (used with object)

solarized, solarizing 
  1. Photography.Ģżto reverse (an image) partially, as from negative to positive, by exposure to light during development.

  2. to adapt (a building) to the use of solar energy.

    We hope to solarize our house within five years.

  3. to affect by sunlight.



verb (used without object)

solarized, solarizing 
  1. Photography.Ģż(of material) to become injured by overexposure.

solarize

/ ˈ²õÉ™ŹŠ±ōÉ™ĖŒ°ł²¹ÉŖ³ś /

verb

  1. to treat by exposure to the sun's rays

  2. photog to reverse some of the tones of (a negative or print) and introduce pronounced outlines of highlights, by exposing it briefly to light after developing and washing, and then redeveloping

  3. to expose (a patient) to the therapeutic effects of solar or ultraviolet light

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • solarization noun
  • ˌ²õ“DZō²¹°ł¾±Ėˆ³ś²¹³Ł¾±“Ē²Ō noun
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of solarize1

First recorded in 1850–55; solar 1 + -ize
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Example Sentences

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Solar Holler estimates the first schools to be solarized in early 2024 and the others to go online on a rolling basis in the following 12 to 18 months.

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One is to turn off the water and solarize the lawn by covering it with black plastic.

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Faux furs dyed black, then scraped away and solarized and redyed so that fabrics themselves became like layers of excavation, blackness giving way to something altogether lighter?

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ā€œFirst and Secondā€ depicts a painted portrait of a man in profile, overlaid with solarized, photographic images.

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But this is precisely what is missing from Scharer’s novel: any sense that language can be ā€œsolarizedā€ like a photograph, that life’s ā€œluminous haloā€ can register on the page.

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