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–noun Photography.

an early type of photograph, made by placing a glass negative against a dark background.

[Origin: 1850–55, Americanism; < Gk ámbro(tos) immortal (see ambrosia) + -type

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n. An early type of photograph made by imaging a negative on glass backed by a dark surface.

[Greek ambrotos, immortal; see ambrosia + type.]

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1855, Amer.Eng., perhaps from amber, with reference to its property of preserving life forms or its color, or from Gk. ambrotos "immortal, imperishable" (see ambrosia). A type of photograph on glass with lights given by silver and shades by a dark background showing through.

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Am"bro*type\ (-t[imac]p), n. [Gr. 'a`mbrotos immortal + -type.] (Photog.) A picture taken on a plate of prepared glass, in which the lights are represented in silver, and the shades are produced by a dark background visible through the unsilvered portions of the glass.

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