tripack

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noun

Film that has three emulsions sensitive to red, green, or blue stacked on top of one another.

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Meanings

nountripack (countable and uncountable, plural tripacks)

plural tripacks

  1. countableuncountableartsFilm that has three emulsions sensitive to red, green, or blue stacked on top of one another.

    In 1897 du Hauron conceived the idea of using a tripack for recording color photographs.

    2013, John Hannavy, Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
monopack

Origin

From tri- + pack.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

tripack. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tripack

MLA

“tripack.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tripack. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tripack,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tripack.

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