panchromatic film

1. 1.

   photographic film sensitive to light of all colors (including red)

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Questions about panchromatic film

What does panchromatic film mean?

panchromatic film means "photographic film sensitive to light of all colors (including red)".

Is panchromatic film a common word?

panchromatic film is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.