проя́вка

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nouninanimateuncountablefake feminine

1.
development (of film), developing, processingphotography
Я о́тдал плёнку на проя́вку.
I took the film in for development.
Photographic term; the process of developing exposed film.
2.
(rare) manifestation, display, appearance
Э́та реа́кция была́ проя́вкой его хара́ктера.
This reaction was a manifestation of his character.
Colloquial; the standard word in this meaning is проявление.

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Благодаря цифрово́й фотогра́фии никто, похоже, уже не отдаёт плёнку на проя́вку.
Thanks to digital photography it seems that no one has their film developed anymore.
Проявка плёнки занимает около часа.
Developing the film takes about an hour.
Для проявки фотографий нужен фиксаж.
Fixer is needed to develop photographs.
В этом ателье недорогая проявка фотографий.
Photo developing is inexpensive at this studio.
Лаборант взял кюветку для проявки снимков.
The lab assistant took a tray for developing the photographs.