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Tideline

A concentrated deposit of dissolved ink chromophores, sizing agents, and mineral salts left at the advancing edge of a receding water front as a wet document dries; tidallines produce characteristic concentric or arc-shaped bands that can be mistaken for deliberate ink smearing.

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