blix

English

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɪks

Etymology 1

Blend of bleach +‎ fixer.

Noun

blix (uncountable)

  1. (photography) In color photography, a combination of bleach and fixer, which removes both the silver crystals and silver halides, leaving behind the color dyes, which form the negative image.

Etymology 2

Noun

blix pl (plural only)

  1. (African-American Vernacular) Deliberate misspelling of blicks (“gun”).
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