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daguerreotype

[ duh-gair-uh-tahyp, -ee-uh-tahyp ]

noun

  1. an obsolete photographic process, invented in 1839, in which a picture made on a silver surface sensitized with iodine was developed by exposure to mercury vapor.
  2. a picture made by this process.

verb (used with object)

, da·guerre·o·typed, da·guerre·o·typ·ing.
  1. to photograph by this process.

daguerreotype

/ dəˈɡɛrəʊˌtaɪp /

noun

  1. one of the earliest photographic processes, in which the image was produced on iodine-sensitized silver and developed in mercury vapour
  2. a photograph formed by this process

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Derived Forms

  • daˈguerreoˌtypy, noun
  • daˈguerreoˌtyper, noun

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Other Words From

  • da·guerreo·typer da·guerreo·typist noun
  • da·guerre·o·typ·ic [d, uh, -gair-, uh, -, tip, -ik, -ee-, uh, -, tip, -], adjective
  • da·guerreo·typy noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of daguerreotype1

1830–40; named after L. J. M. Daguerre; -o-, -type

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