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graininess a fault in x-ray films in which there is clumping together of the silver particles in the emulsion, causing the image to lose its homogeneous appearance and to give an impression of lumpiness. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Barry Ackroyd's handheld camera evokes reality TV, but the graininess of some of its images, and now and then a faux-inadvertent blurring of focus, suggests home movies as well. On the nanometer scale, length standards pose particular challenges because many effects such as thermal expansion, material graininess, and material creep and relaxation become dominant. Burns himself went back to the original negative and digitally remastered it, cleaning up the graininess of the 140-year-old images and giving it new crispness. |
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