Definitions for "Silver halide"
The light-sensitive parts of a photographic emulsion; compounds of silver chloride, silver bromide and silver iodide.
The light-sensitive part of common photographic emulsions; the compounds silver chloride, silver bromide, and silver iodide.
A compound of silver and one of the following elements known as halogens: Chlorine, bromine, iodine, fluorine; used in make silver film.
The silver crystals that make up an image on a negative or print. When exposed to light, they create an image. Those that are not exposed are washed off, leaving either a negative (film) or positive (print) image.