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cal·o·type 
[kal-uh-tahyp] Pronunciation Key
[kal-uh-tahyp] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | an early negative-positive photographic process, patented by William Henry Talbot in 1841, in which a paper negative is produced and then used to make a positive contact print in sunlight. |
| 2. | a print made by this process. |
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Calotype
Cal"o*type\, n. [Gr. kalo`s beautiful + ty`pos type.] (Photog.) A method of taking photographic pictures, on paper sensitized with iodide of silver; -- also called Talbotype, from the inventor, Mr. Fox. Talbot.
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